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Daily Archives: March 11, 2020

FIC: Asbestos Trust Claim Bill Returns To Senate With Amendment

GeneralBy Vicky DingwellMarch 11, 2020

By:  Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On March 11, 2020, the House returned the Senate asbestos trust bill, (SB 1582), back to the Senate with an amendment they want the Senate to approve.  The House vote was 86-31.  If the Senate approves amendment #838709, the bill will go to the Governor. The Senate bill and…

FIC: County Court Appellate Jurisdiction Change Heading to Governor DeSantis

GeneralBy Vicky DingwellMarch 11, 2020

By:  Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Senate unanimously passed a large courts measure that includes changing appellate jurisdiction for county courts on March 9, 2020, and sent the bill to the House for approval.  The House agreed to the bill on March 11, 2020 with a vote of 118-0.  The bill now goes the…

FIC: Genetic Testing Bill Sent Back To House For Approval Of Compromise And Final Passage

LifeBy Vicky DingwellMarch 11, 2020

By:  Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On March 11, 2020, the Senate approved the amended House genetic testing bill (HB 1189) with a vote of 35-3.  Sens. Rader (D), Gruters (R), and Brandes (R) voted against the bill.   The bill now returns the bill back to the House for approval of the amendment which…

FIC: FIGA Condo Association Coverage Increase Passes

Property and CasualtyBy Vicky DingwellMarch 11, 2020

By:  Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 529 increases the FIGA coverage limit and the FIGA emergency assessment maximum for condominium association and homeowners’ association FIGA claims.   The bill passed the full House on March 10, 2020 and was sent to the Senate for approval.  The Senate approved the bill on March 11, 2020. …

FIC: TNC Advertising and Luxury And Disability TNC Bills Heads To Governor

AutomobileBy Vicky DingwellMarch 11, 2020

By:  Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On March 9, 2020, the full House approved HB 1039 relating to TNC advertising, luxury TNCs, vicarious liability of TNCs, and TNCs for disabled persons.  The Senate approved the bill on March 11, 2020.  Thus, the bill now heads to the Governor for signature. The bill addresses the following:…

FIC: Health Insurance Organ Donor Bill Returned To House With Health Insurance Provision Added

HealthBy Vicky DingwellMarch 11, 2020

By:  Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House organ transplant bill, HB 1187, passed the full House on March 9, 2020 by a vote of 117-0 and was sent to the Senate for approval.  The Senate would not agree to the House bill and amended it to strip out the House language and replace it…

FIC: Trust Bill With Life Insurance Provision Sent To Governor

LifeBy Vicky DingwellMarch 11, 2020

By:  Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 1089 provides more flexibility on who pays taxes on trust investments.  Specifically, the bill allows an independent trustee of any grantor trust to reimburse the grantor for all or part of the income taxes paid by the grantor as a result of the trust’s income.   The life…

FIC: Medical Clinic Licensing And Shared Savings Changes Bounced Back To House

HealthBy Vicky DingwellMarch 11, 2020

By:  Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Agency for Healthcare Administration (AHCA) agency bill contains two insurance related provisions – one revising medical clinic licensing law and one revising the shared savings law. The full House approved their bill, HB 731 on March 9, 2020 and sent the bill to the Senate for approval.  The…

FIC: Health Insurance Organ Transplant Discrimination Bill Sent To Governor

HealthBy Vicky DingwellMarch 11, 2020

By:  Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The full House approved HB 1179, their organ transplant discrimination bill, on February 26, 2020 with a vote of 111-0.  The Senate approved the bill on March 11, 2020 with a vote of 38-0.  The bill now goes to the Governor for signature.  We expect he will sign it.…

FIC: Health Plans Not Allowed To Require Insureds To Treat with APRNs Under Passed Bill

HealthBy Vicky DingwellMarch 11, 2020

By:  Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On March 11, 2020, the Florida Legislature passed a bill which, in part, allows advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) to practice autonomously for family and internal medicine and pediatrics and sets the parameters of that practice.   The bill has one health insurance implication related to the APRN autonomous…

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