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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 1109

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Relating to: use of artificial intelligence to deny prior authorization for medical necessity or experimental status.

Data processing Insurance — Health Medical practice group

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

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

Introduced by: Clancy (D) , Cruz (D) , Kirsch (D) , Madison (D) , McCarville (D) , Miresse (D) , Rivera-Wagner (D) , Sinicki (D) , Tenorio (D) , Udell (D)

7 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Carpenter (D) , Keyeski (D) , Larson (D) , Palmeri (D) , Roys (D) , Spreitzer (D)

Full history

  1. 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

  2. Mar 13, 2026 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance

  3. Mar 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Senator Carpenter added as a cosponsor

  4. Mar 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Anderson added as a coauthor

  5. Mar 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Palmeri added as a coauthor

  6. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  7. Mar 30, 2026 · Assembly

    Senator Keyeski added as a cosponsor