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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…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel SB 540, dealing with FIGA and FWCIGA, passed the Senate on February 26, 2020 with a vote of 40-0. It was sent to the House who approved the bill on March 11, 2020 with a vote of 116-0. The bill now goes to Governor DeSantis for signature and we…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Senate loss run statement bill, SB 292, unanimously passed the full Senate on March 9, 2020 and was sent to the House for approval. The House approved the bill on March 11, 2020 with a vote of 117-0. The bill now goes to the Governor for signature and…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 599 expands the scope of practice for consultant pharmacists. A similar bill passed the House last year, but died in the Senate when it was never heard in committee. The full House approved this year’s consultant pharmacist bill on February 20, 2020 with a vote of 115-2 and…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel CFO Patronis’ consumer protection bill (SB 1492) will not pass this Session because the Senate did not get the bill to the House in time for the House to take it up under their rules. The House had to have the bill by Monday night at the latest and…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On March 10, 2020, the Senate amended the House genetic testing bill (HB 1189) to put their language on it. The Senate will likely vote to approve the bill on March 11, 2020 and then the bill will return to the House for approval of the Senate amendment. We…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel During Special Order 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. Essentially, Amendment #145281 allows policyholders to vote in person, by mail,…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 1409 creates a public records exemption for certain sensitive business information held by the Department of Financial Services (DFS) which current law already protects from public records disclosure requirements if held by the Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR). Disclosure of the exempted information, which includes Own-Risk and Solvency…