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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Senate TNC bill, SB 340, was approved by its second committee on March 28, 2017 with one amendment relating to uninsured motorist coverage under the bill that the amendment sponsor said was an agreement between the stakeholders. Both the House and Senate bills are a comprehensive TNC…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel For the fourth week in a row, the Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee postponed a vote on his own bill during his committee meeting because he doesn’t have the votes to pass it. The postponed bill, SB 262, is a bill heavily supported by doctors and the trial…
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant HB 1397 Medical Use of Marijuana — by Rodrigues (R)Staff analysis is available from this link: PDF A House subcommittee March 28 was the first legislative group this session to formally move to implement the medical marijuana constitutional amendment approved by Florida voters in November. The House Health Quality Subcommittee…
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant SB 530 Health Insurance – by SteubeThe Senate bill is now this strike-all: 187710 and this amendment to the amendment: 171194 HB 877 Health Insurer Authorization — by Harrison The House bill is now this strike-all: 657639 The two committees will be producing revised staff analyses and revised texts of…
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant HB 837 Insurer Insolvency — by Raburn The Department of Financial Services’ insolvency package, including portions of the NAIC receivership model act, moved through the House Governmental Operations & Technology Subcommittee March 28 and will be before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government March 29. While both bills have…
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant Legislation simplifying the transfer of residential insurance policies to a parent insurer or other company –similar to the law on auto policies now – was approved by the Senate Commerce & Tourism Committee March 27. The House bill is scheduled for the full House March 29. The legislation would make…
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant SB 850 Public Housing Authority Insurance — by RousonRouson amendment: PDF Legislation expanding groups allowed to form a public housing authority self-insurance fund was approved by the Senate Banking & Insurance Committee March 27. It now has cleared insurance committees in the House and Senate, although it still is before…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The recent decision by the Florida Supreme Court in Wells Fargo v. Pruco Life Insurance, a STOLI case decided unfavorably to life insurers, may be overturned by a bill passed by both the House and Senate Insurance Committees on March 27, 2017. In this regard, the bill allows…
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant SB 800 Medication Synchronization — by BroxsonAmendment 445314, Broxson [PDF] HB 1191 Medication Synchronization — by CruzAmendment 689821 Cruz [PDF] A bill (CS/SB 800, CS/HB 1191) promoting partial refills and synchronization of prescription drugs advanced March 27 through the Senate Banking & Insurance Committee and House Health Innovation Subcommittee.…
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant HB 579 Payment of Health Care Claims — by HagerAmendment by Hager [PDF] An important House panel, the Health Innovation Subcommittee, on March 27 voted to ban retroactive denial of health insurance claims once authorization is given to doctors, despite warnings from the Florida Insurance Council that responsible policyholders…