Daily Archives: April 16, 2019

FIC: Telehealth Bill Significantly Amended In Senate

HealthBy Vicky Dingwell April 16, 2019

By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel With the bill sponsoring saying the telehealth bill was still a “work in progress,” SB 1526 passed its second committee on April 16, 2019. A strike all amendment was adopted that made significant changes to bring the bill very close to the House telehealth bill (HB 23) that has…

FIC: Court Jurisdiction Increase Implementation Delayed Until 2020

GeneralBy Vicky Dingwell April 16, 2019

By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On April 16, 2019, the House and Senate both moved bills (HB 337 and SB SB 328) increasing the county court jurisdictional threshold. Each chamber also adopted amendments to their bills to delay the implementation of a county court jurisdictional threshold increase by six months – until January 1,…