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FIC: Condo Property Insurance Subrogation Bill Starts Moving In Senate
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel SB 1154 is a comprehensive condo association bill that contains one insurance provision. That provision prohibits a condo unit owner’s property policy from allowing the unit owner to subrogate against the condo association if the association’s policy does not allow the association to subrogate against the unit owner. …
FIC: Workers’ Comp Nurse Registry Attendant Care Bill Ready For House Floor
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On January 23, 2020, HB 437 unanimously passed its last committee without amendment. It will now be heard on the House floor when set by the Rules Committee. The bill allows, but not require, workers’ compensation carriers to use a licensed nurse registry to place authorized compensable…
FIC: FIGA and FWCIGA Bill Now In Last Senate Committee
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel SB 540, dealing with FIGA and FWCIGA, unanimously passed its second (of three) Senate committee on January 22, 2020. The bill was not amended. It is supported by FIGA and FWCIGA and is substantially similar to a bill that passed the House last year, but not the Senate. There…
FIC: Genetic Testing Bill On House Floor Next Week
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 1189, the House bill banning the use of genetic testing ban by life and long-term care insurers, unanimously passed its last committee on January 23, 2020. And, later that day, the Rules Committee chaired by Rep. Sprowls (R), the bill sponsor, set the bill to be heard on…
FIC: Condo Property Insurance Subrogation Bill Moves To Last Committee In House
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 623, is a comprehensive condo association bill that contains one insurance provision. That provision prohibits a condo unit owner’s property policy from allowing the unit owner to subrogate against the condo association if the association’s policy does not allow the association to subrogate against the unit owner. The…
FIC: Building Commission Reduction Approved By House and Senate Committees
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On January 21, 2020, House and Senate committees approved bills deregulating numerous professions and occupations. The bills include changes to the membership of the Florida Building Commission which may be important to the property insurance industry. As part of the proposed deregulation, the Florida Building Commission membership is…
FIC: PIP Repeal With Named Driver Exclusion Approved By First Senate Committee
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Senate PIP repeal bill (SB 378), which also authorizes named driver exclusions, passed its first committee on January 20, 2020 when it was approved by the Senate Committee on Infrastructure and Security chaired by the bill sponsor, Sen. Lee (R). The vote was 6-1. The bill goes…
FIC: Air Ambulance Balance Billing Prohibition Advances In House and Senate
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel House and Senate committees advanced bills prohibiting balance billing by air ambulances during meetings on January 21, 2020. Under current law, air ambulances are still allowed to balance bill consumers. In contrast, balance billing by out-of-network health care providers for emergency or nonemergency services was abolished in 2016. Senate…
FIC: PBM Regulation Bill Moves In House But Postponed In Senate
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Issues related to pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and other drug issues appear to be a hot issue for the 2020 Legislative Session with nine bills filed on this topic, some of which conflict with each other and most of which are detrimental to health plans even though the alleged…