FIC: Pharmacists Allowed To Treat Under Approved Bill

By:  Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 833 allows consultant pharmacists to provide specified health care services under a collaborative practice agreement with an MD, DO, podiatrist, or dentist.  Collaborative practice agreements are voluntary.   Pharmacists with collaborative practice agreements with health care providers can provide medication management, order and evaluate tests, conduct patient assessments…

FIC: Auto Insurance Omnibus Bill Starts Moving

By:  Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 765 is a compilation of auto insurance issues, namely auto insurance verification system, named driver exclusion, prepayment of premium for auto insurance, and salvage motor vehicles. The bill passed its first House committee on March 12, 2019.  It was amended with a strike all amendment that removed some…

FIC: Life Insurance Genetic Testing Prohibition Approved

By:  Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel SB 258 prohibits life insurers, long-term care insurers, and disability insurers from cancelling, limiting, or denying coverage or establishing different premiums based on the genetic information.  The bill also prohibits these insurers from using genetic information or requiring genetic testing for any insurance purpose unless there is a diagnosis…