SB2280 – Prior Authorization Reform Act

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Date Passed

4/24/2025

Effective Date

1/1/2026

Summary

Prior-authorization reform requiring qualified clinical review, appeal procedures, published criteria, and reporting. The bill does not explicitly mention artificial intelligence, automated decision systems, or algorithms.

Healthcare Implications

AI relevance is implicit and indirect. The law may constrain fully automated adverse prior-authorization workflows by requiring qualified human review, but it should not be coded as an explicit AI governance law.

Operational Implications

  • None

Impact Level

Low

Keywords

Clinical Quality & Efficacy; Transparency & Governance

Stakeholders

Patients & Public; Regulators & Government