From WisPolitics.com/WisBusiness.com …
— The state Senate has approved several bills seeking to limit the influence of foreign adversaries in Wisconsin, including one related to human genetic data and related technologies.
AB 673 would bar state hospitals and universities from using genetic software created by a foreign adversary nation or storing human genome sequencing data within a foreign adversary domicile.
The bill includes an exception for data collected as part of clinical trials or biomedical research that follow federal regulations protecting personal and government data.
The Senate approved it 20-13 with Sen. Brad Pfaff, D-Onalaska and Sen. Sarah Keyeski, D-Lodi, joining Republicans in favor.
The Senate yesterday also approved AB 674, which would bar insurers from covering organ transplant from a country known to have participated in forced organ harvesting, like China.
The Senate approved it 21-12 with Pfaff, Keyeski and Sen. Bob Wirch, D-Pleasant Prairie, joining Republicans in favor.
See more Senate action in Quorum Call.
— Chorus Community Health Plans has expanded to 68 of Wisconsin’s 72 counties, and plans to reach the last four by next year.
The insurance organization, which is affiliated with Children’s Wisconsin, today announced the expansion that adds 27 counties to its coverage area in the state.
CCHP says it’s working with providers and health systems to expand coverage to Burnett, Pierce, Polk and St. Croix counties in western Wisconsin in 2027.
“This expansion will allow us to positively impact more individuals and communities across the state,” CCHP President Mark Rakowski said in a statement on the move.
See the release below.
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