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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel A priority issue for the FIC Property Insurance Committee started moving in the Senate on January 21, 2020 when the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee approved SB 914 with a party line vote of 5-3. The originally filed bill repealed the contingency risk multiplier used in property insurance…
2020 Health Insurance Bills Pre-Session Summary.pdf
2020 PC Insurance Bills Pre-Session Summary.pdf
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel A bill mandating health insurance coverage for children with hearing loss from birth through 21 years of age passed its first committee on January 21, 2020 when the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee approved SB 1006 without amendment. According to the bill sponsor, Sen. Baxley (R), the bill affects…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The OIR backed credit for reinsurance bill that incorporates substantive provisions from the 2017 Covered Agreement between the U.S. and the European Union (EU) passed its first Senate committee on January 21, 2020. SB 1376 was not amended. It enacts the 2019 changes to the NAIC Credit For Reinsurance…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 599 by Rep. Anna Maria Rodriguez (R) 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. This year’s consultant pharmacist bill was approved by its first committee of reference…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel A tort reform bill relating to asbestos trust claims putting the business and insurance communities against the trial bar passed its first House committee on January 16, 2020 when the House Civil Justice Subcommittee approved HB 741 with a partyline vote of 10-5. One clarifying amendment was adopted to the…