California Legislature Passes First-Ever Bill Specifically Regulating Payer AI Use

The California legislature sent a bill to Governor Gavin Newsom’s (D) desk that would require state health plans and insurers that use artificial intelligence tools for prior authorization and coverage decisions to comply with guardrails like basing decisions an enrollee’s clinical or medical data, making it one of the first state bills to specifically regulate AI used by payers. A lawyer told Inside Health Policy they anticipate more states next year to pass bills regulating AI tools payers use...