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INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM OIR-20-03M ISSUED March 16, 2020 Florida Office of Insurance Regulation David Altmaier, Commissioner TO ALL INSURERS AND ENTITIES REGULATED BY THE FLORIDA OFFICE OF INSURANCE REGULATION ~ Guidance for Business Continuity and Continuity of Operations Plans ~ In response to the Executive Order 20-51 issued by Governor Ron DeSantis establishing COVID-19 response protocols…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House organ transplant bill, HB 1187, passed the full House on March 9, 2020 by a vote of 117-0 and was sent to the Senate for approval. The Senate would not agree to the House bill and amended it to strip out the House language and replace it…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House passed two bills to the Senate containing their language prohibiting a condo unit owner’s property policy from allowing a unit owner to subrogate against the condo association if the association’s policy does not allow the association to subrogate against the unit owner. But, neither bill ultimately passed,…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel SB 1582, the asbestos trust claim bill, died on the last day of the 2020 Session because the House and Senate could not agree to language for the bill. The chambers passed language back and forth the last two days of the Session. The language the chambers could not…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On March 9, 2020, full House approved HB 1193, a bill deregulating numerous professions and occupations. The bill includes changes to the membership of the Florida Building Commission which may be important to the property insurance industry. On March 12, 2020, the Senate took up the House bill,…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel 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. The amendment allows policyholders to vote in person, by mail, electronically, or other means…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Agency for Healthcare Administration (AHCA) agency bill contains two insurance related provisions – one revising medical clinic licensing law and one revising the shared savings law. The full House approved their bill, HB 731 on March 9, 2020 and sent the bill to the Senate for approval. The…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On March 11, 2020, the Senate approved the amended House genetic testing bill (HB 1189) with a vote of 35-3 and returned the bill back to the House for approval of the amendment. On March 12, 2020, the House concurred with the amendment and passed the bill with a…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The air ambulance balance billing prohibition passed the Legislature on March 12, 2020. On February 20, 2020, the House passed its air ambulance bill (HB 747) with a vote of 117-0. The Senate voted 38-0 to pass the bill on March 12, 2020, sending it to the Governor for…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 813 protects vulnerable investors from financial exploitation by allowing investment advisors or dealers to delay financial transactions if they suspect financial exploitation. The House passed the bill on February 20, 2020 with a vote of 118-0 and the Senate passed the bill on March 12, 2020 with a…