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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel After lengthy testimony and debate, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved the Senate pharmacist test and treat bill on February 27, 2020. This was the last committee stop for the bill. Some Senators expressed concern for patient safety and misdiagnosis by pharmacists and wondered if the bill would lead…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On February 27, 2020, the House Commerce Committee approved a committee substitute to HB 895 (10000) that stripped the bill of its original language which covered a myriad of insurance topics and replaced it with third party bad faith reform. The Commerce Committee was the last committee stop for…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 771, the House PIP repeal bill, cleared its last House committee on February 27, 2020 when the House Commerce Committee passed it with a vote of 17-7. Seven Republicans voted against the bill, including the House Insurance and Banking Subcommittee Chair, Rep. Donalds (R), and the House…