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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On April 3, 2019, the House moved its life insurance genetic testing prohibition bill (HB 879) by a vote of 10-7. This was the last committee stop for the bill which now will be heard on the House floor when set by the Rules Committee. The vote on the…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On April 3, 2019, the House moved their bill creating a voluntary health shared savings incentive program to the floor when it cleared its last committee. The Senate bill is also moving this year and is in its last committee. Thus, the shared savings bills are getting into position…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel A large condominium association 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 second committee on April 3, 2019 with three amendments that did not affect the…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel A bill dealing with referrals from health care providers to hospitals and out of network providers passed its last committee on April 3, 2019. The only amendment to the bill changed the effective date of it. HB 863 prohibits health care providers from referring patients to any hospital in…