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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House Health and Human Services Committee approved HB 1191, the medication synchronization bill, on April 24, 2017 with one amendment. The bill has now cleared all its committees and will be heard on the House floor when set by the Rules Committee. The Senate companion bill, SB 800,…
By: Sam Miller, FIC ConsultantHB 1007 Insurer Anti-Fraud Efforts — by RascheinAmendment 565543 [PDF] Beshears HB 1009 Pub. Rec./DFS/Insurance Fraud Information — by Raschein With only two weeks remaining in the 2017 regular session, the insurance fraud package (CS/CS/CS/HB 1007) from the Department of Financial Services’ Division of Investigative and Forensic Services is moving right…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 545, the agency package for the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV) picked up an auto insurance provision related to taxi cabs in its last committee on April 24, 2017. The provision was added by amendment #10003 and is supported by the taxi industry. The…