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States Target School Cell Phone Use At least four states have banned or severely restricted the use of smart phones in schools in the current legislative biennium. Florida became the first state to do...
Compounded Weight-Loss Drugs Creating Headaches for State Regulators With popular weight-loss drugs like Mounjaro, Ozempic and Wegovy in short supply, many doctors, pharmacies and other providers have...
In their seminal book on the American health care system, legendary investigative reporters Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele offered a disturbing metaphor for the illogical nature of medical pricing...
PA Lawmakers Pass Bill Regulating PBMs 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...
In a sign of the times, states have begun pursuing bills that require disclosure of the use of artificial intelligence. In March, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) signed SB 149 , making the state the first...
The state budget (HB 259) approved largely along party lines this month in North Carolina’s Republican-controlled legislature includes a provision that would prohibit local governments and municipalities from setting a minimum wage or imposing other employment-related mandates on private businesses. Gov. Roy Cooper (D) said he would allow the bill to become law without his signature. (CAROLINA JOURNAL, PLURIBUS NEWS, STATE NET)
A bill (SB 553) passed by the California Legislature and sent to Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Sept. 20 would require employers to develop workplace violence prevention plans, maintain records on workplace incidents and provide workers training on violence prevention. Kacey Riccomini, a partner at the law firm of Thompson Coburn in Los Angeles, said she expected the governor to sign the measure. (SHRM, STATE NET)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK