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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Senate telehealth bill, SB 280, unanimously passed its third committee on February 14, 2018 without amendment. The bill has one committee stop left. The House telehealth bill, HB 793, has not been heard in its first committee and that committee is not scheduled to meet again this Session. …
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On February 14, 2018, HB 483 was heard on Special Order, rolled to third reading, and approved by the full House with a vote of 114-0. The bill will now be sent to the Senate for consideration and approval. The Senate companion bill, SB 762, is in its last…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 1011 provides more disclosure to homeowners about the lack of flood coverage in their property insurance policy. The bill was heard on the House floor on February 14, 2018, rolled to third reading and voted on. The bill passed by a vote of 115-0. It now goes…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House retroactive denial of claims bill, HB 217, passed its second committee on February 14, 2018 with a vote of 21-6. The vote count in the first committee was 10-2. Importantly, some of the “no” votes were from members of the House leadership team, including Rep. Cummings…