Calif. Bill Seeks VA Telehealth Exemption in Net Neutrality Law

California Republicans proposed carving out veterans’ telehealth apps from the state’s net neutrality law. Assemblymember Jordan Cunningham (R) floated AB-1669 Wednesday to clarify that the open-internet law doesn’t ban ISPs “from exempting the use of telehealth applications administered” by the Department of Veterans Affairs from a customer’s data usage allowance. The bill was co-sponsored by 12 Republicans in the chamber where the GOP has 19 of 80 seats. The VA was working with California DOJ last year to resolve a zero-rating issue possibly affecting veterans’ mobile telehealth services (see 2103260050). The VA and California DOJ didn’t comment Thursday.