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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House passed the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) bill (HB 351) on March 1, 2018 by a vote of 115-0 and sent the bill to the Senate for consideration. The Senate heard the bill on special order on March 7, 2018, substituted the House bill for the Senate…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 37 defines and establishes parameters on direct primary care. The bill passed the House on January 25, 2018 with a vote of 97-10 and was sent to the Senate for consideration. On March 7, 2018, the Senate took the bill up on special order, substituted the House…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 1073, the Department of Financial Services (DFS) agency bill with changes to MGA licensure, exchange of business, life agent, and other insurance laws, is ready for final passage. The House passed the bill on March 1, 2018 by a vote of 113-0 and sent it to the Senate.…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The public records exemption in current law for proprietary business information provided by insurers in the private market to Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (Citizens) for use in the Citizens Clearinghouse will be reenacted and saved from repeal under HB 7097 that passed the House on March 5, 2019 with…