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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 389 passed its second committee on January 15, 2020 when the House Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee approved the bill. The bill has one committee left. The Senate companion bill, SB 714, has not yet been heard in committee. The bill expands the scope of practice for pharmacists by…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On January 15, 2020, the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee passed SB 116 with one amendment. The bill requires individual and group health insurance policies and health maintenance organization (HMO) contracts that provide coverage for prescription insulin drugs for the treatment of diabetes to cap the cost sharing of…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel SB 1188 creates a public records exemption for certain sensitive business information held by the Department of Financial Services (DFS) which is protected from public records disclosure requirements if held by the Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR). Disclosure of the exempted information, which includes Own-Risk and Solvency Assessment (ORSA)…