{"id":196549,"date":"2026-03-16T23:58:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T03:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/16\/louisiana-bill-targets-ai-use-in-health-insurance-coverage-decisions\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T01:20:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T05:20:12","slug":"louisiana-bill-targets-ai-use-in-health-insurance-coverage-decisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/16\/louisiana-bill-targets-ai-use-in-health-insurance-coverage-decisions\/","title":{"rendered":"Louisiana bill targets AI use in health insurance coverage decisions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kplctv.com\/2026\/03\/17\/louisiana-legislative-bill-targets-ai-usage-health-insurance-coverage-decisions\/\">Louisiana bill targets AI use in health insurance coverage decisions<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kplctv.com\/2026\/03\/17\/louisiana-legislative-bill-targets-ai-usage-health-insurance-coverage-decisions\/\">https:\/\/www.kplctv.com\/2026\/03\/17\/louisiana-legislative-bill-targets-ai-usage-health-insurance-coverage-decisions\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-16 23:58:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.kplctv.com\">www.kplctv.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Louisiana State Senator Jay Luneau is promoting Senate Bill 246, legislation to limit the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in health insurance coverage decisions.<\/li>\n<li>The bill requires human oversight before any AI-generated determination is implemented, specifically through a licensed human reviewer&#8217;s approval.<\/li>\n<li>It mandates a process enabling policyholders to appeal AI-generated decisions, stopping further AI reviews if an appeal is filed.<\/li>\n<li>The bill emphasizes the necessity for human involvement, involving healthcare providers like doctors and nurses in reviewing and approving AI-generated decisions.<\/li>\n<li>It includes a provision requiring insurers to notify policyholders when AI is deployed in coverage decisions, with an emphasis on the limitations of AI in medical contexts.<\/li>\n<li>Concerns have been raised about the transparency of the notification requirement, prompting potential amendments to the bill.<\/li>\n<li>The bill passed to its third reading and awaits further committee discussions before a vote in the Senate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Louisiana bill targets AI use in health insurance coverage decisions https:\/\/www.kplctv.com\/2026\/03\/17\/louisiana-legislative-bill-targets-ai-usage-health-insurance-coverage-decisions\/ Publish Date: 2026-03-16 23:58:00&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":196550,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/gray-kplc-prod.gtv-cdn.com\/resizer\/v2\/NAYRWGELK5H6NLOWM75F5XYHQM.jpg?auth=e6537df81856d211437411564aa2e711f45bac19046c61f711a9438082718e96&width=1200&height=600&smart=false&focal=950%2C538","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-196549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196549"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196549"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":196551,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196549\/revisions\/196551"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}