2019 Presession Summaries PC
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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The bill to equalize the payment for long term care insolvencies by the Florida Life & Health Guaranty Association (FLAHIGA) passed its first House committee on March 7, 2019 in a very close vote. By a vote of 8-5, the House Insurance & Banking Subcommittee passed HB 673…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel According to the bill sponsor, HB 997 is designed to give more options for health insurance to Floridians. To accomplish this goal, the bill loosens the requirements for groups to band together for health insurance purposes under the Florida Nonprofit Multiple-Employer Welfare Act and association health group law. This…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 935 dealing with price transparency in health care contracts with providers is a priority of the House for the 2019 Session. A recent trend in the Florida Legislature is to enact legislation for more price transparency in health care. Last Session, the Legislature enacted legislation about price…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel A glitch bill making a technical change to last year’s bill requiring flood disclosure on homeowner’s policies cleared its first House committee unanimously on March 7, 2019. The only amendment adopted to the bill narrowed the title of the bill. HB 617 clarifies that the flood disclosure currently required…