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CA Senate Approves AI Companion Chatbots Safety Bill California’s Senate passed a bill ( SB 243 ) that would require artificial intelligence-powered companion chatbot platforms to remind users...
OR Lawmakers Close to Approving Unemployment for Striking Workers The Oregon House passed a bill ( SB 916 ) that would allow striking workers to receive unemployment benefits for up to 26 weeks. The...
CO Changes Way PBMs Paid Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a bill ( HB 1094 ) that, among other things, will allow pharmacy benefit managers, starting in 2027, to only be paid a flat service fee instead...
LA Homeowners Sue Insurers over Inadequate Fire Coverage Victims of the Los Angeles wildfires in January have filed a pair of lawsuits claiming USAA, a Texas-based insurer that serves members of the...
A year ago, after the passage of a couple of strong data privacy laws in Maryland and Vermont, we wondered if states were starting to get tougher on consumer privacy . Even though this issue remains...
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This month the legislatures of Connecticut (SB 3) and Nevada (SB 370) have both passed and sent to their respective governors measures aimed at protecting the privacy of consumer health data, including information associated with abortion and transgender procedures.
New York’s Senate passed similar legislation (SB 158) this month, but it failed to win approval in the Assembly before it adjourned on June 8.
The three states are following in the footsteps of Washington, where Gov. Jay Inslee (D) signed a consumer health data privacy measure (HB 1155) into law in April. (PLURIBUS NEWS, STATE NET)
Over a million Americans have lost their Medicaid coverage since states began resuming their continuous eligibility checks and disenrollments, which were suspended during the pandemic. Most of the individuals dropped from the program failed to submit the required paperwork, according to federal and state data. (KFF HEALTH NEWS)
Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo (R) signed a bill (SB 232) extending postpartum Medicaid coverage for new mothers for up to 12 months after giving birth. Nevada is the 35th state to extend such coverage for a full year, and five other states—Mississippi, New York, South Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming—are planning to do the same (PLURIBUS NEWS, NEVADA CURRENT, KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION).
Healthcare spending will grow faster than the U.S. economy over the next decade, according to actuaries at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The actuaries predict that health spending will increase by an average of 5.4 percent per year between 2022 and 2031, compared to an estimated annual GDP growth rate of 4.6 percent. (FIERCE HEALTHCARE)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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