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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel A tort reform bill dealing with the dangerous instrumentality doctrine moved out of its last Senate committee on April 17, 2019 with a strike all amendment (661740) increasing the required insurance. The House bill, HB 355, was set for a floor hearing on April 17, 2019, but was postponed.…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel SB 1520 expands direct primary care. The bill changes all statutory references of “direct primary care” to “direct health care” which authorizes direct care to be for medical services, including dental services, that are not only primary care. It maintains current law that direct health care agreements are not…
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. The House passed the bill on April 17, 2019 by a vote of 114-0 after the House heard the bill for the second time and waived the…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel A bill dealing with referrals from health care providers to hospitals and out of network providers passed the House on April 17, 2019 with a vote of 114-0. After the bill was read a second time on April 17, 2019, the House waived the rules to hear the bill…