The California Attorney General’s Office (AG) unsurprisingly takes an expansive view of how the development, sale, and use of artificial intelligence technology (AI) in healthcare could lead to potential violations of existing California laws. In a recent legal advisory the AG highlights specific areas healthcare organizations should focus on as they develop, train, improve, and deploy AI in connection with patients, plan members, and their data.

In particular, the advisory identifies AI risk hot spots that may trigger certain state consumer protection, anti-discrimination, and privacy/autonomy laws, as described further below.Continue Reading California AG Explains How Laws May Apply to AI in Healthcare

California’s new law, SB 1120, set to take effect on January 1, 2025, regulates how health care service plans (HCSPs) and disability insurers use automated decision-making tools, such as artificial intelligence, to analyze medical necessity in utilization reviews affecting California enrollees. Compared to federal guidelines, this law is more prescriptive, requiring HCSPs and disability

New minimum wage requirements have been signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom, establishing five comprehensive minimum wage schedules for “covered health care employees,” which includes both contracted and subcontracted employees. Effective June 1, 2024, “covered health care facilities” will be required to implement the applicable minimum wage schedule, as set forth by the law.