Authored by Senator Charles Schwertner (R-Georgetown), SB 815 (2025) seeks to limit the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in utilization review processes within health benefit plans in Texas. The bill’s primary goal is to prevent AI-based algorithms from being the sole determinant in decisions to deny, delay, or modify healthcare services based on medical necessity or appropriateness. The bill mandates that only physicians or licensed healthcare providers can make these determinations, ensuring that human judgment remains central to such decisions.
Technology
Congress should follow the Texas approach to child safety online
Big Tech is fighting this tooth and nail. But it’s the right thing. Few things have been more troubling in recent years than the unfettered social experiment of throwing children in front of black mirrors and hopping them up on app-induced dopamine. After a decade of witnessing the hollowing out of their children firsthand, parents...
June 18, 2026