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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel A large condominium association bill described by the bill sponsor as a “housekeeping bill” contains an insurance provision that may interest property insurers. The provision prohibits a condo owner’s insurance policy from having rights of subrogation against the condominium association. HB 1075 passed its first committee on March 26,…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel A bill related to patient referrals by health care providers and described by the bill sponsor as enacting “a more free market approach to healthcare” passed its second committee on March 26, 2019. It was not amended. The bill has one committee left. There is no Senate companion bill. …
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel This week, both chambers moved their bills creating a voluntary health shared savings incentive program. Both bills are now in their last committee. The shared savings program created by HB 1113 allows health insurers and HMOs to provide cash or other incentives to insureds when they obtain shoppable health care…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 617, a glitch bill making a clarifying change to last year’s bill requiring flood disclosure on homeowner’s policies, cleared its second House committee unanimously on March 26, 2019. It was not amended. The bill has one committee left. The Senate flood disclosure bill (SB 380) is identical to…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House and Senate both moved their vulnerable investor protection bills in committee this week. The Senate bill, SB 1466, passed its first committee on March 25, 2019 and the House bill, HB 143 passed its second committee on March 26, 2019. Neither bill was amended. Some in the life…