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MN Considering Taxing Social Media Apps Minnesota’s Senate Taxes Committee heard a bill ( SB 3197 ) last week that would make the state the first in the nation to tax social media apps. The measure...
AR Lawmakers Pass Bill Banning PBMs from Running Pharmacies The Arkansas legislature passed a bill ( HB 1150 ) that would make the state the first in the nation to prohibit pharmacy benefit managers...
The days of simply setting a price for goods or services and waiting for customers to accept it are gone. Thanks to predictive pricing , businesses of all sorts can now use data analytics, machine learning...
‘Predictive Pricing’ Top Priority for CA Lawmakers Predictive pricing, a practice involving the use of artificial intelligence to set prices for customers based on factors like the websites...
Patchwork of Paid Leave Laws Set to Continue There’s currently no federal law requiring paid leave. The federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 only requires employers to provide unpaid time...
The Pennsylvania legislature passed a bill (HB 1993) aimed at increasing oversight of pharmacy benefit managers. If signed by Gov. Josh Shapiro (D), the measure would prohibit PBMs from requiring patients to use a PBM-affiliated pharmacy, a practice known as “patient steering,” among other things. (PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL-STAR, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) signed measures aimed at prohibiting what he described as insurance companies’ “predatory tactics to make an extra dime.” One of the measures, HB 5395, bans so-called “step therapy,” requiring patients to try more cost-effective treatments before more costly ones, even if recommended by their physician, as well as prohibits prior authorization for in-patient mental health treatment. The other, HB 2499. prohibits so-called “junk insurance,” policies offering only limited coverage or lacking consumer protections. (ASSOCIATED PRESS, LEXIS NEXIS STATE NET)
In the two years since the federal government provided $1 billion in seed money for the 988 National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, 10 states have adopted monthly phone line fees to fund 988 call centers, and 30 states have approved funding for core services of the program. Maryland has seen a 50% increase in the number of 988 calls and a 1,000% increase in the number of text messages since 2022. (PLURIBUS NEWS)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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