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FIC: Health Plan & Essential Benefits Bill Approved
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel According to the bill sponsor, HB 997 is designed to give more options for health insurance to Floridians. To accomplish this goal, the bill loosens the requirements for groups to band together for health insurance purposes under the Florida Nonprofit Multiple-Employer Welfare Act and association health group law. This…
FIC: Health Price Transparency Bill Out Of First Committee
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 935 dealing with price transparency in health care contracts with providers is a priority of the House for the 2019 Session. A recent trend in the Florida Legislature is to enact legislation for more price transparency in health care. Last Session, the Legislature enacted legislation about price…
FIC: Flood Disclosure Bill Passes House Committee
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel A glitch bill making a technical change to last year’s bill requiring flood disclosure on homeowner’s policies cleared its first House committee unanimously on March 7, 2019. The only amendment adopted to the bill narrowed the title of the bill. HB 617 clarifies that the flood disclosure currently required…
FIC: Direct Primary Care Expansion Passes Committee
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 7 is a priority bill of the House. By expanding direct primary care to more specialized medical services, it meets Speaker Oliva’s goal of increasing health care options to Floridians in order to reduce health care costs. The House Health Market Reform Subcommittee approved the bill during its…
FIC: Tort Reform Bill Passes First House Committee
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House tort reform bill was significantly amended during its first committee hearing on March 6, 2019. The amended bill passed the bill by a vote of 10-5 along party lines. However, even some of the Republican committee members who voted for the bill expressed concerns about it, especially…