Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Relating to: use of artificial intelligence to deny prior authorization for medical necessity or experimental status.
Data processing Insurance — Health Medical practice group
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
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What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill provides that a health insurance policy or self-insured governmental health plan may not use artificial intelligence to deny a prior authorization for medical necessity or experimental status. Rather, under the bill, a licensed health care provider who is an individual must review a prior authorization that involves medical necessity or experimental status before the policy or plan may deny the prior authorization.
Sponsors
Full history
- Mar 13, 2026 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Tenorio, Cruz, Clancy, Madison, McCarville, Miresse, Rivera-Wagner, Sinicki, Udell and Kirsch; cosponsored by Senators Roys, Larson and Spreitzer
- Mar 13, 2026 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance
- Mar 19, 2026 · Assembly
Senator Carpenter added as a cosponsor
- Mar 19, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Anderson added as a coauthor
- Mar 19, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Palmeri added as a coauthor
- Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Mar 30, 2026 · Assembly
Senator Keyeski added as a cosponsor