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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel This year’s insurance omnibus bill, HB 465 passed the House on March 5, 2018 by a vote of 113-1. The bill now goes to the Senate for consideration and approval. Because the Senate bill has three provisions in it that are not in the House bill, the Senate…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel SB 376, the first responder workers’ compensation PTSD bill, passed the Senate on March 3, 2018 and was sent to the House for approval. On March 5, 2018, the House took up SB 374, substituted the Senate bill for the House bill, and then voted on the Senate bill. …
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The public records exemption in current law for proprietary business information provided by insurers in the private market to Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (Citizens) for use in the Citizens Clearinghouse will be reenacted and saved from repeal under HB 7097 that passed the House on March 5, 2019 with…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Senate first responder workers’ compensation PTSD bill (SB 376) passed the Senate on March 3, 2018 when the Senate was in an unusual Saturday session. The vote was 33-0. The bill was sent to the House for approval. The House bill, HB 227, was heard on the House…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Senate finally voted on their retroactive denial of claims bill, SB 162, on March 3, 2018 when they were in an unusual Saturday session. They had postponed a vote on the bill for over a week. The bill passed with a vote of 37-0. Starting January 1,…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Starting January 1, 2019, insurers must include a specific disclosure with property insurance policy documents stating that the policy does not cover flood damage under a bill (HB 1011) approved by the House and Senate during the 2018 Session. The bill now goes to Governor Rick Scott for signature…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On March 2, 2018, the Senate telehealth bill, SB 280, passed the full Senate, but the bill is in trouble in the House. The House telehealth bill, HB 793, has not been heard in its first committee and that committee is not scheduled to meet again this Session. Thus,…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel This year’s insurance omnibus bill, HB 465 and SB 784, moved closer to passage on March 2, 2018 when the bill passed its last Senate committee and was heard on the House floor on special order. The House will likely vote on the bill the next time they are…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The first responder workers’ compensation PTSD bill (HB 227, SB 376) was heard on the House and Senate floors on March 2, 2018 on special order. Thus, the bill is in good posture to pass this year. The House and Senate bills are identical. Starting October 1, 2018,…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House passed the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) bill (HB 351) on March 1, 2018 by a vote of 115-0. The House bill is now in the Senate for consideration and approval. The Senate bill, SB 1494, passed its last committee, Appropriations, on March 2, 2018 with one amendment. …