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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…
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. …
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:…
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…
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…
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 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.…
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…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House and Senate passed a compromise expanded scope of practice bill for pharmacists on March 11, 2020. Procedurally, the House sent the Senate a broad bill that expanded the scope of practice to: allow pharmacists to test and treat flu, strep, and other minor, nonchronic health conditions; allow…