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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel A bill, SB 126, loosening the requirements for first responders to have compensable mental or nervous injuries for workers’ compensation has been filed again in the Senate for 2018. The bill is in response to the denial of mental health benefits under workers’ comp to emergency personnel who responded…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Direct primary care will be at issue again during the next legislative session which starts in January. Sen. Lee is sponsoring the 2018 Senate direct primary care bill, SB 80. He was also the 2017 sponsor and is thus very familiar with the issue. The 2018 bill specifies that…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Sen. Steube again filed a health insurance prior authorization and step therapy/fail first bill for 2018. He was also the sponsor of the 2017 bill. The 2018 bill (SB 98) is virtually identical to the last version of the 2017 bill and does the following: In nonurgent situations, gives…