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Wave of AI Bills to Continue Next Year As of early September, more than 30 states had passed artificial intelligence-related bills or resolutions this year, according to the National Conference of State...
MI Addresses Multiple Healthcare Issues Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) signed over half a dozen bills dealing with healthcare and family support. The measures include SB 790 and SB 791 , allowing home help...
In recent years, the boardroom has become a new front in the culture wars alongside a cacophony of three-letter acronyms. DEI, ESG and CSR. These buzzwords—short for diversity, equity and inclusion;...
Statehouse Shift Ahead for Earned Wage Access? In recent years earned wage access apps, which allow workers to obtain access to their earnings before they receive their paychecks, have exploded in popularity...
SD to Consider App- and Device-Based Age Verification Legislation in 2025 The South Dakota Legislature’s Study Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Regulation of Internet Access by Minors voted...
The Michigan Legislature passed a bill (SB 410) that would repeal a law passed in 1995 preventing lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies. Bloomberg Law reported that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) was “likely to sign” the measure. (MICHIGAN ADVANCE, BLOOMBERG LAW, STATE NET)
Florida Senate President Kathleen Passidomo (R) sent a memo to her fellow senators last week saying her focus for the 2024 session would be “growing Florida’s health care workforce, increasing access, and incentivizing innovation, so Floridians can have more options and opportunities to live healthy.” The memo cited studies projecting the state would have nearly 18,000 fewer physicians and 37,400 fewer registered nurses than needed by 2035. It also indicated the chamber’s Health Policy Committee would be holding a workshop on Nov. 14 “to begin the process of fine tuning ideas, putting pen to paper, and of course, hearing more input from stakeholders.” (FLORIDA POLITICS, FLORIDA SENATE)
The U.S. Senate Finance Committee passed a package of healthcare reforms that would restrict some pharmacy benefit manager practices and prevent Medicare patients from paying more for medications than insurers do. The legislation builds on PBM regulations approved by the panel in July. (STAT, U.S. SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK