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3 weeks ago | 
insidehealthpolicy.com | Christian Robles |Rick Weber
House Energy & Commerce Committee Republicans would preempt states from enforcing any artificial intelligence laws or regulations for 10 years, including those that affect health care stakeholders, as part of sweeping budget reconciliation legislation they will mark up Tuesday (May 13).
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
fgcu360.com | Rick Weber
Engagement Contributors: Cadence Bakker, Photos Temmy Shannon didn’t have much interest in nature before she became a student in Jessica Rhea’s Honors College service course, “Trails for Tails.” Now, the Florida Gulf Coast University junior criminal justice major speaks like a seasoned environmental activist on a mission to spread awareness. “Nature was once unfamiliar to me,” Shannon says, “but now I cannot imagine my life without this connection. Environmental projects such as cleaning up...
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
insidehealthpolicy.com | Rick Weber
Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ) has introduced two bills on the use of artificial intelligence in health care, the first legislative proposals on AI in the 119th Congress, signaling the continued high-profile role the link between AI and health care will have under the new Republican majority. Schweikert on Jan. 3 introduced H.R. 238 to amend federal drug law to allow AI to be a prescribing practitioner and H.R. 193 to require HHS clarify the use of AI in Medicare payments...
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
insidehealthpolicy.com | Rick Weber
A Congressional Research Service report advises the new 119th Congress on the need to harmonize emerging regulatory requirements on frameworks for the safe and effective use artificial intelligence in health care, to ensure the technology delivers on the benefits promised by its developers.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
insidehealthpolicy.com | Rick Weber |Cara Smith
The California Privacy Protection Agency Board has voted to move into a formal rulemaking proceeding on a draft proposal that includes regulations for AI in decision-making technologies, amid strong industry opposition and pledges from board members to address those concerns before the rules are finalized. Under the current proposal health care services would trigger regulations that require businesses to provide adverse significant decision notices to consumers.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
insidehealthpolicy.com | Cara Smith |Rick Weber
The National AI Advisory Committee’s draft transition plan for the next president stresses that timing will be crucial in setting foundational governmental policies on artificial intelligence, emphasizing the need for government AI health care programs to be on “sound fiscal footing.” The plan comes as Congress has failed to pass national AI and privacy bills, forcing agencies to fill the legislative void. The committee released a preliminary draft version of the report at an Oct.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
insidehealthpolicy.com | Cara Smith |Rick Weber
The National AI Advisory Committee’s draft transition plan for the next president stresses that timing will be crucial in setting foundational governmental policies on artificial intelligence, emphasizing the need for government AI health care programs to be on “sound fiscal footing.” The plan comes as Congress has failed to pass national AI and privacy bills, forcing agencies to fill the legislative void. The committee released a preliminary draft version of the report at an Oct.
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
insidehealthpolicy.com | Rick Weber
The Senate Homeland Security Committee approved without any Republican support a bipartisan bill that would codify White House guidelines for agencies on purchasing safe and secure artificial intelligence, among other sweeping requirements with major implications for tech companies given the government’s purchasing power, sister publication Inside AI Policy reports. The committee cleared for floor consideration the PREPARED for AI Act introduced by Chairman Gary Peters (D-MI) and Sen.
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Jul 8, 2024 | 
insidecybersecurity.com | Rick Weber |Sara Friedman
Daily News The latest iteration of the FCC’s Communications Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council met for the first time on June 28 to discuss new taskings with a focus on addressing emerging artificial intelligence risks and securing sixth generation networks.
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Jul 1, 2024 | 
insidehealthpolicy.com | Rick Weber |Cara Smith
The Supreme Court’s recent decision scaling back agencies’ regulatory authority poses a major hurdle to federal efforts to oversee artificial intelligence regulation, Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan warned in her dissent from the court’s majority opinion overturning its Chevron doctrine, saying limiting deference to agencies’ interpretation of law would leave Congress unable to place a regulator in charge of the quickly evolving field of AI.
