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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel For the second Session in a row, a genetic testing bill related to life insurance has been filed by Sen. Bean (R). The bill filed for 2019 is the essentially same as the last iteration of the Senate genetic testing bill filed in 2018 by Sen. Bean. SB…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel During the first meeting of the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee, committee chairman Sen. Doug Broxson (R) announced to the committee that one of his priority issues for 2019 was post-loss assignment of benefits reform. He stated he wanted a frank and honest discussion of the issue. He further…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The state’s recovery from Hurricane Michael related to insurance was discussed by the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee during their first committee hearing held on January 7, 2019. No action was taken by the Committee. The committee heard from the following: Office of Insurance Regulation Department of Financial Services…
By: Greenberg Traurig The Senate Health Policy Committee met on January 7, 2019 to hear: Medicaid Update – Agency for Health Care Administration and Opioid Update – Department of Health. The meeting packet can be found here. Medicaid Update – Agency for Health Care AdministrationDeputy Secretary for Medicaid Beth Kidder Summary Ms. Kidder went over…