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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On January 18, 2018, the House Commerce Committee approved HB 533 with no amendments. The bill allows an insurer to condition the sale of insurance on the purchase of motor vehicle services if such services are purchased from a membership organization affiliated with an admitted property and casualty…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Rep. Santiago sponsored a strike all amendment (#580305) to his pharmacy benefits manager (PBM) bill (HB 351) when it was heard in its first House committee on January 17, 2018. The amendment improved the bill from a PBM standpoint, although some additional changes are still needed. The bill has…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Giving a win to health insurers, the House Health Innovation Subcommittee watered down the 2018 House step therapy and prior authorization bill when it adopted a strike all amendment (#157879) to replace the original bill language with new language. The amendment was adopted during the committee meeting held on…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Speaker Corcoran’s priority legislation creating a uniform law to protect the confidentiality of trade secret information provided to state agencies and to set a process for all agencies to use when a public records request is received for that information passed its first House committee on January 17, 2018.…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House construction defect statute of repose bill, HB 875, was significantly amended on January 17, 2016 when it was heard and approved by its first committee of reference. The bill has two committees left. This is the second year bills have been filed on the statute of limitations…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Senate Banking and Insurance Committee approved the autoglass bill (SB 396) during its meeting on January 16, 2018 with an amendment (#144400 PDF) and an amendment to the amendment (#408714 PDF). The amendments adopted significantly changed the bill and make it different than the House companion bill, HB…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Senate Banking and Insurance Committee ran out of time before hearing SB 1168 during its meeting on January 16, 2018. This is not the AOB bill supported by the industry. The Chair stated that the bill would be put on the committee meeting agenda for next week’s meeting…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Sen. Garcia openly expressed his frustration with PBMs during the committee debate on his any willing pharmacy/mail order bill, SB 492. The debate came during the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee meeting on January 16, 2018 when the committee passed SB 492, the any willing pharmacy/mail order bill, without…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel For the second week in a row, the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee postponed the named driver exclusion bill (SB 518). Last week the bill was postponed because the Committee ran out of their allotted committee time before the bill could be heard. This week, the bill sponsor requested…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On January 16, 2018, the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee approved SB 756 with no amendments. The House companion bill, HB 533, was approved by the House Insurance and Banking Subcommitee last week. The bill allows an insurer to condition the sale of insurance on the purchase of motor…