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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...
A county judge in Texas declared the state’s new so-called “Death Star” law preempting local ordinances, including those mandating water breaks for construction workers, “entirely unconstitutional.” The state immediately appealed the ruling and said the law would take effect as scheduled. (LAW360)
California’s Supreme Court issue a ruling that broadens the definition of employer under the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), the state's main discrimination law. This change will increase the number of defendants that can be included in FEHA actions and could also significantly impact the state’s developing efforts to regulate the use of automated decision-making in the context of employment. (SHRM)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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