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Weekly Legislative Update No. 16
May 1, 2026 No. 16 COMMITTEES WINDING UP We have entered the final laps of this legislative marathon. At this stage, it’s more of a semi-competitive barefoot cross-county race. Bills vying for passage need to have a quick pace (and a nice coating of grease) to cross...
Weekly Legislative Update No. 15
April 24, 2026 No. 15 PBM REFORM Monday night, the Senate kick-started the week with an attempt to reform the predatory practices of Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs). Senate Bill 984 would strengthen oversight of PBMs by tightening audit rules, requiring weekly...
Weekly Legislative Update No. 14
April 16, 2026 No. 14 KILLING TIME The Senate took the day off from floor work on Tuesday to allow the Appropriations Committee to act on the budget. They made up for that lost floor time on Wednesday by working all day to give initial approval to several Senate...
Weekly Legislative Update No. 13
April 10, 2026 No. 13 SAUSAGE PRODUCTION SLOWING It was a weird week in the legislature. There seemed to be a bit of a lack of movement on bills of any real substance. Thankfully, there was no advancement of bills that are bad for medicine. Unfortunately,...
April President’s Message
For this final President’s message, I will attempt to taper down the word count and make this letter of gratitude uncharacteristically short. Ish. This past year has been significant for adaptive and proactive change (for the full report, please register for the...