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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On December 10, 2019, the Senate autoglass bill (SB 312) was killed during its first committee stop when the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee voted it down on a 4-4 vote. The vote on the bill came after several amendments to the bill failed. This is the second…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel During its meeting on December 10, 2019, the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee ran out of their allotted committee time before hearing the cap the copay for insulin bill, SB 116. It will likely be set for the next committee meeting which will be the first week of…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel During its meeting on December 10, 2019, the Senate Commerce and Tourism Committee unanimously passed the loss run statement bill, SB 292, without amending it. The bill requires virtually all insurers, including surplus lines, to provide a free annual loss run statements covering five years to insureds within 15…
By: FIC lobbyist Joy Ryan, Meenan Law The Florida Health Insurance Advisory Board (FHIAB) held a call on December 3 to take action on its legislative proposals. The full list of proposals the Board considered can be found here. The Board approved all of the proposals, with the exception of 2 proposals – Frozen Formulary…
Tallahassee, Fla. – Today, Governor Ron DeSantis signed Executive Order 19-261 extending the State of Emergency for Hurricane Michael, as well as Executive Order 19-262, which expands early voting in Bay and Gulf counties. Executive Order 19-262 provides the supervisors of elections in Bay and Gulf counties the ability to designate one or more additional…
November 22, 2019 To: All Self-Insurers, Insurers, Claim Administrators, and Medical Service ProvidersFrom: Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation Subject: Notice of Proposed Rule for 69L-31, F.A.C. – Utilization and Reimbursement Dispute Rules References: Notice of Proposed Rule, Draft of Proposed 69L-31, F.A.C. and Drafts of related forms. The Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation submitted Notice…