FIC 2018 Session Bill Summaries PreSession
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FIC: Advertising Gift Expansion Bill Clears All Committees
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…
FIC: Auto Organizations Can Condition Insurance On Membership Under Bill
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…
FIC: PBM Bill Improves With Amendments Adopted
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…
FIC: Step Therapy and Prior Authorization Watered Down In House Committee
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…
FIC: Trade Secret Legislation Moves in House
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.…
FIC: Construction Defect Statute of Repose Bill Moves In House
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…
FIC: Autoglass Bill On The Move In Senate
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…
FIC: AOB Postponed In Senate
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…
FIC: Any Willing Pharmacy Bill Passes First Senate Committee
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…