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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 429, a bill to clean up the Florida Workers’ Compensation Insurance Guaranty Association (FWCIGA) assessment scheme and make a minor change to Florida Insurance Guaranty Association (FIGA), passed the House on April 11, 2019 with a vote of 115-0. There was no floor debate on the bill. It…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Two bills expanding the scope of practice for pharmacists passed the House on April 11, 2019. There was no debate on either bill. They will now be sent to the Senate for consideration and approval. The Senate has not heard any of their pharmacist expanded scope of practice…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On April 11, 2019, the House passed their bill creating a voluntary health shared savings incentive program on the floor with a vote of 114-0. There was no debate on the bill. The bill will now be sent to the Senate for consideration and approval. The Senate bill,…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 23 passed the House on April 11, 2019 by a vote of 102-14. The bill will now be sent to the Senate for consideration and approval. The Senate telehealth bill is very different from the House bill, as described below, so it is unclear and unlikely the Senate…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel SB 426 by Sen. Flores (R) makes firefighters who are diagnosed with certain cancers eligible to receive specified cancer related benefits in lieu of workers’ compensation. The bill cleared its last Senate committee on April 11, 2019 with one amendment increasing employer retirement contributions for firefighters that participate in…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House heard the AOB bill (HB 7065) on the floor on April 10, 2019 and adopted one amendment to tweak some of the AOB requirements and an amendment to that amendment to completely remove all the auto glass AOB provisions from the bill. Thus, there are no auto…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House omnibus insurance bill (HB 301) was heard on the House floor on April 10, 2019 and three amendments adopted to it. There were no questions from House members when the bill was presented on the floor. The House will likely vote on the bill on April 11,…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On April 10, 2019, the House heard its life insurance genetic testing prohibition bill (HB 879) on the floor for the first time, took questions on the bill, and set it up for a vote on April 11, 2019. The House bill essentially bans all use of genetic…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel SB 322 by Sen. Simpson (R) related to health insurance preexisting conditions was temporarily postponed on the Senate floor on April 10, 2019 with six amendments proposed by Democrats pending to it. Although it is unclear why the bill was postponed, it could have been postponed because the…