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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On February 13, 2018, the House Government Operations & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee passed HB 227 with a strike all amendment (#406419). The bill is now in its last committee. The amended bill loosens the requirements for first responders to collect workers’ compensation benefits for PTSD when there is no…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel SB 900 dealing with insurance coverage for firefighters diagnosed with cancer passed the Senate Community Affairs Committee on February 13, 2018 with one amendment. The Senate bill has two committees left. The House bill, HB 695, is likely dead. It was workshopped in its first subcommittee where a discussion…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel SB 1106 prohibits life insurers, long-term care insurers, and disability insurers from cancelling, limiting, or denying coverage or establishing different premiums based on the genetic information. The bill also prohibits these insurers from using genetic information or requiring genetic testing for any insurance purpose. Life, disability, and long term…