Health care matters.
What changed between versions
The bill's effective date was updated from January 5, 2026 to January 16, 2026, and the digest was updated to January 14, 2026.
The bill was reassigned from the Committee on Health and Provider Services to the Committee on Appropriations, changing which legislative body will review funding and budget implications.
New provisions were added requiring clinical peers to disclose information for peer-to-peer reviews of adverse determinations, and prohibiting utilization review entities from using artificial intelligence as the primary means for making adverse determinations.
New restrictions were added prohibiting insurers, pharmacy benefit managers, or other pharmacy benefit administrators from designating prescription drugs as specialty drugs unless certain conditions are met.
The digest citations were simplified from specific code sections to broader chapter references, and the bill number was updated from 'Introduced Senate Bill' to 'Senate Bill' with updated legislative session information.