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By: Greenberg Traurig The House Civil Justice Subcommittee met on February 20, 2019 to hear the presentations and discussion on tort reform, medical malpractice reform, and insurer bad faith reform by: Cary Silverman, American Tort Reform Association, Shook, Hardy, & Bacon, Washington, D.C. Bob White, The Doctors Company, Jacksonville, FL David Corum, Insurance Research Council,…
By: Greenberg Traurig The Senate Committee on Health Policy met on February 19, 2019 to hear the presentation on Certificate of Need by Molly McKinstry, Deputy Secretary of AHCA and to hear two bills. The following bills were considered: SB 302, Nonemergency Medical Transportation Services, by Sen. Brandes SB 434, Ambulatory Surgical Centers, by Sen.…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel A bill that primarily cleans up FWCIGA assessment provisions and makes a minor change to FIGA cleared its first committee on February 20, 2019 with three amendments. HB 429 has two committees left. The Senate bill, SB 496, has not yet been heard in committee. Regarding FWCIGA, the amended…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel During its meeting on February 20, 2019, the House Insurance and Banking Subcommittee passed HB 387, a bill dealing with surplus lines. One amendment (PDF) was adopted to the bill. As amended, the bill: Continues to allow a per-policy fee charged by a surplus lines agent, but removes the…