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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On March 9, 2020, the Florida House adopted an amendment to a Senate glitch bill on business organizations, SB 838, dealing with how policyholders of mutual insurance company or mutual insurance holding company can vote. The amendment allows policyholders to vote in person, by mail, electronically, or other means…
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…
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 and returned the bill back to the House for approval of the amendment. On March 12, 2020, the House concurred with the amendment and passed the bill with a…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The air ambulance balance billing prohibition passed the Legislature on March 12, 2020. On February 20, 2020, the House passed its air ambulance bill (HB 747) with a vote of 117-0. The Senate voted 38-0 to pass the bill on March 12, 2020, sending it to the Governor for…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 813 protects vulnerable investors from financial exploitation by allowing investment advisors or dealers to delay financial transactions if they suspect financial exploitation. The House passed the bill on February 20, 2020 with a vote of 118-0 and the Senate passed the bill on March 12, 2020 with a…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel A bill relating to the use of nurse registries in workers’ compensation cases passed this Session. The House passed their bill, HB 437, on February 20, 2020 with a vote of 118-0 and sent the bill to the Senate. The Senate approved the bill on March 12, 2020, sending…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel SB 1606 passed the full Senate on March 9, 2020 without debate and with a vote of 40-0. The House passed the Senate bill on March 11, 2020 with a vote of 116-0. The bill now goes to the Governor for signature. The following provisions are in the bill…
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…
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…
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…