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CT Senate Passes Sweeping Consumer Protection Bill The Connecticut Senate passed an expansive consumer protection bill ( SB 5 ). Among other things, the measure would require service providers such as...
Social Media Warning Label Legislation Catching on in States Although Congress hasn’t responded to former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy’s call last June to take up legislation requiring...
OR Lawmakers Pass Age Discrimination Bill Oregon’s legislature passed a bill ( HB 3187 ) that would prohibit an employer from requesting an applicant’s age, date of birth or date of graduation...
WI Assembly Passes Multiple Healthcare Bills Wisconsin’s Assembly passed multiple healthcare-related bills with broad bipartisan support. One ( AB 43 ) would allow pharmacists to prescribe birth...
A nightmare may be coming to life for social media companies in Minnesota. There, Democrats in the state Legislature have embraced a pioneering bill, SB 3197 , which seeks to levy the nation’s...
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) announced last week that the state will launch Medicaid expansion on Dec. 1, which will leave just 10 states that haven’t opted to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. North Carolina’s expansion is expected to provide coverage for about 600,000 more residents. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) issued an executive order providing Medicaid coverage to women for up to a year after they’ve given birth, doubling the six months of postpartum coverage provided by legislation enacted in June (LB 227). The state joins a growing list of GOP-led states that have embraced expanded postpartum Medicaid coverage since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. (ASSOCIATED PRESS, OMAHA WORLD-HERALD, STATE NET)
The FDA approved a series of safety-related labeling changes for Novo Nordisk’s diabetes—and now popular weight-loss—drug Ozempic, including a notification that the drug has been associated with reports of ileus, a potentially life-threatening blockage of the intestines. Similar so-called GLP-1 agonist medications Wegovy, also made by Novo Nordisk, and Mounjaro, from Eli Lilly, already acknowledge such reports in their labeling. (CBS NEWS)
Minnesota, Washington, the District of Columbia, Massachusetts and Colorado received top marks in AARP’s 2023 LTSS State Scorecard, which measures the performance of state long-term services and support systems. The states with the lowest performing LTSS systems were Tennessee, Mississippi, South Carolina, Alabama and West Virginia. (AARP)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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