Omnibus Insurance Act

Requires health insurers to respond to prior-authorization requests for medical care within set deadlines: 72 hours for routine requests and 24 hours for expedited ones. The bill passed the legislature unanimously and became law without the governor's signature.

Expands what pharmacists in Alaska can prescribe and test for (including medications for opioid use disorder and treatment for minor conditions), renames the 'physician assistant' license to 'physician associate,' and updates pharmacist reciprocity and collaborative-practice rules. Governor Dunleavy vetoed the bill, citing concerns about expanding pharmacist authority too quickly, but the legislature overrode the veto 43-17.

A statutory cleanup bill that repeals Alaska's catastrophic illness assistance and chronic/acute medical assistance programs, which have had no active participants since Medicaid expansion in 2015 made most eligible Alaskans qualify for standard Medicaid instead.