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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Senate mental health parity bill passed its first committee on February 6, 2018. The House companion bill, HB 955, has not been heard in its first committee and that committee is not scheduled to meet again this Session. Thus, the House bill is likely dead for this…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The construction defect statute of repose bill, HB 875/SB 536, is getting closer to the floor. The House bill made it through its last committee on February 7, 2018; the Senate bill has one committee left. The House bill was amended in committee on February 7, 2018 to match…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The health insurance industry, the pharmacy industry and pharmacy benefit managers finally agreed to language for the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) bill after weeks of negotiating. The agreed upon language was added to the Senate bill, SB 1494 via a strike all amendment (#167480) adopted by the Senate…