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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel This year’s insurance omnibus bill passed its first committee in the House on January 23, 2018. A proposed committee substitute (#11000) for HB 465 was adopted by the House Insurance and Banking Subcommittee. Thus, the originally filed version of HB 465 is now replaced with the committee substitute. An…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Bills (HB 33, SB 90) changing the current enforcement of the ban on texting while driving from secondary to primary offense are moving this Session. Changing texting while driving to a primary offense will allow a law enforcement officer to stop a vehicle solely for texting while driving. Both…
By: Greenberg Traurig The House Appropriations Committee met today (January 22, 2018) to consider HB 353 Autonomous Vehicles by Rep. Fischer. The meeting packet can be found here. Following is a summary of the committee proceeding related to the bill prepared by Greenberg Traurig: HB 353 Autonomous Vehicles by Rep. Fischer Passed SummaryRep. Fischer stated…
FIC 2018 Session Bill Summaries PreSession 1-18-18.pdf
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel A bill opposed by the life insurance industry was unanimously approved by its last House committee on January 18, 2018. The bill was not amended in committee and will be heard on the floor when set by the Rules Committee. The committee spent almost an hour on the bill. …
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 483 was approved by its last House committee on January 18, 2018 with one technical amendment. The bill which will now be heard on the House floor when set by the Rules Committee. The bill expands the types of promotional and advertising gifts allowed to be given…
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…