Healthcare law tracker for state and federal health legislation

Health law is made in fifty capitals, and most of it in committee

A curated tracker for coverage and prior authorization, drug pricing and PBMs, Medicaid, licensure and telehealth, facilities, billing and behavioral health, with a monthly report written to be forwarded to a client.

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56 new healthcare laws take effect in 2027

bills in scope
8,435bills in scope
jurisdictions
55jurisdictions
past committee
2,982past committee

What this tracker covers

In scope is any bill on the delivery, financing and regulation of health care: coverage mandates, prior authorization and utilization review, Medicaid and state health programmes, hospital finance, licensure and staffing, scope of practice and interstate compacts, telehealth, prescription drugs and pharmacy benefit managers, surprise billing, price transparency and medical debt, behavioral health and substance use treatment, maternal health, long-term care and emergency medical services.

  • coverage, prior authorization and utilization review
  • prescription drugs and pharmacy benefit managers
  • Medicaid and public health programs
  • licensure, scope of practice and telehealth
  • hospitals, facilities and staffing
  • price transparency, billing and medical debt
  • behavioral health and substance use

What this tracker does not cover

This is not a public health or food safety tracker. Commemorations, health awareness resolutions and grant appropriations sit outside the scope unless they change what a provider, plan or pharmacy must do.

What's at the top of the Healthcare Legislation feed

Ranked by how far each bill has moved, then how recently.

Matched through 25 October 2026

1,438Enacted

104Cleared both chambers

1,440Past committee

48Active in committee

5,405Introduced or inactive

8,435 bills in scope

Enacted

25 of 1,438 shown

PAHB 27An Act amending the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), known as the Health Care Facilities Act, in licensing of health care facilities, providing for surgical smoke evacuation systems.EnactedPAHB 69An Act amending the act of May 13, 2008 (P.L.139, No.14), known as the Cancer Drug Repository Program Act, further providing for title and short title of act, for definitions, for establishment, for restocking and dispensing of cancer drugs, for storage, distribution and fees and for immunity; providing for annual report, for list of approved participating pharmacies and for limitations; further providing for regulations; and imposing duties on the State Board of Pharmacy.EnactedAKHB 110An Act relating to the rural health transformation program; relating to the interstate medical licensure compact; relating to the PA licensure compact; relating to the psychology interjurisdictional compact; relating to the practice of respiratory care; relating to the duties of the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development; relating to telehealth provided by respiratory care practitioners; relating to a social work licensure compact; relating to the practice of social work; relating to medical malpractice liability of respiratory care practitioners; relating to immunity from civil liability for a respiratory care practitioner providing free health care services; relating to national criminal history record checks; relating to respiratory care practitioners providing documentation and treatment plans for public school students with asthma or anaphylaxis; relating to the recognition of EMS personnel licensure interstate compact; prohibiting unfair discrimination under group health insurance against respiratory care practitioners; establishing the Rural Health Transformation Program Advisory Council; and providing for an effective date.EnactedAKHB 195An Act changing the term 'physician assistant' to 'physician associate'; relating to physician associates; relating to collaborative practice agreements for pharmacists; relating to the prescription of opioid overdose drugs; relating to the prescription and administration of drugs and devices by pharmacists; relating to reciprocity for pharmacists; amending the definition of 'practitioner'; and providing for an effective date.EnactedAKHB 263An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses of state government and for certain programs; capitalizing funds; amending appropriations; making supplemental appropriations; and providing for an effective date.EnactedAKHB 265An Act making appropriations for the operating and capital expenses of the state's integrated comprehensive mental health program; and providing for an effective date.EnactedAKHB 27An Act relating to cardiopulmonary resuscitation education in public schools; relating to the duties of the Department of Education and Early Development; relating to medical care for major emergencies; and providing for an effective date.EnactedAKHB 73An Act relating to complex care residential homes; and providing for an effective date.EnactedCAAB 1199Medical staff: health care provider credentialing.EnactedCAAB 1876Health care coverage: nondiscrimination.EnactedCAAB 1979Health care services: artificial intelligence.EnactedCAAB 2499Health care coverage: claims payments.EnactedCASB 1049Health care claims reimbursement.EnactedCASB 1094Prescription drugs.EnactedCASB 331Health care coverage: hearing aids.EnactedCASB 503Health care services: artificial intelligence.EnactedCASB 626Perinatal health screenings and treatment.EnactedCASB 1124Public health.EnactedCAAB 1629Dental coverage.EnactedCAAB 1637Physicians and surgeons: medical records.EnactedCAAB 1696Emergency services and care: nurse-midwives.EnactedCAAB 1770Arbitration: health care service plans: Lindalee's Law.EnactedCAAB 1811Health professionals.EnactedCAAB 1843Communicable diseases: hepatitis C.EnactedCAAB 1887Prescription drug coverage for rare diseases.Enacted

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Questions

What does this tracker cover?

State and federal bills on coverage and prior authorization, prescription drugs and PBMs, Medicaid, licensure, scope of practice and telehealth, hospitals and facilities, price transparency, billing and medical debt, and behavioral health.

Does it cover pharmacy benefit managers?

Yes. PBM licensing, spread pricing, rebate pass-through, pharmacy reimbursement and 340B contract pharmacy bills are in scope, in every state that files them.

How does it relate to the Insurance Tracker?

Health coverage bills appear in both. The Insurance Tracker reads them as insurance regulation; this one reads them alongside the provider, drug and Medicaid bills a health care client also needs.

Who decides what is relevant?

The Tracker's written scope: a bill is in when it creates a duty the scope covers. Scopes are model-drafted and tested against bills checked by hand. They are not attorney-reviewed, and LawSignals does not give legal advice.

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