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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On February 18, 2020, the Senate Health Policy Committee adopted an amendment to their pharmacist test and treat bill (SB 714) to limit it to flu only. The House bill (HB 389) is different and allows pharmacists to test and treat for flu and strep. The House bill was…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House organ transplant bill, HB 1187, no longer contains a prohibition on health insurance excluding coverage for organ donors as the provision was removed in its first committee. However, the Senate organ donor bill (SB 1516) still contains the prohibition. The bill differences will have to be worked…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 1279 tweaks the health insurance shared savings program. It passed its last committee on February 18, 2020 without amendment. It will now be heard on the House floor when scheduled by the Rules Committee. The shared savings program was created in 2019 as a voluntary program for…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Senate asbestos trust claims bill cleared its second committee on February 18, 2020 with a technical amendment to remove the definition of “trust governance document” because it is not used anywhere in the bill. The Senate bill was not controversial in committee and has one committee left. Veterans…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House and Senate passed bills changing the appellate jurisdiction of county courts during committee meetings on February 18, 2020. The House Appropriations Committee approved HB 7059 with amendments providing an appropriation and clarifying public defenders and the office of criminal conflict and civil regional counsels will be…
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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel In the Senate Infrastructure and Security Committee on February 17, 2020, SB 1606, the only Senate insurance omnibus bill that is moving, picked up provisions from the second stalled omnibus bill via a strike all amendment (798258). The provisions added to the bill are non-controversial and deal with administrative…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel SB 1186 makes changes to the drug-free workplace programs in Chapters 112 and 440, F.S. to align Florida’s drug free workplace law with the federal drug free workplace law. The bill was approved by its second Senate committee of reference on February 17, 2020 without amendment. It has one…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel SB 898 increases the FIGA coverage limit and the FIGA emergency assessment maximum for condominium association and homeowners’ association FIGA claims. The bill passed its second Senate committee on February 17, 2020 without amendment and has one committee left. Upon insurer insolvency, FIGA is currently obligated to pay an…