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By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant Amendment 388014 [PDF] Young Florida would become one of the few states in the country to establish a pain and suffering cause of action in the negligent death of a dog or cat, according to an opponent of a bill which passed the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday. The bill (CS/SB…
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant Legislation expanding MyFloridaRx, the state Internet site allowing consumers to compare prices for prescription drugs, was approved by the Senate Health Policy Committee Tuesday. “This empowers consumers to shop for the best price for drugs,” said Jacksonville Republican Sen. Aaron Bean, the bill sponsor. “When there is competition out there,…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel In a surprise move, Sen. Lee added his building code bill (SB 7000) to Sen. Brandes’ building inspector and administrator bill (SB 860) in committee on March 14, 2017. He made the move in the Community Affairs committee which is the committee he chairs. Interestingly, Sen. Brandes was not…
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant SB 102 Payment of Health Care Claims — by Steube The complete staff analysis is available from this link: SB 102 Staff Analysis The Senate Health Policy Committee Tuesday passed the initiative SB 102 by the Florida Medical Association and other doctor groups to keep health insurers from retroactively denying…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Senate Banking and Insurance Committee approved SB 812 on March 14, 2017 with one amendment. The amendment makes the Senate bill different than the House bill as further discussed below. The changes to the Senate bill were insisted upon by Sen. Farmer, a trial attorney, to alleviate…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Senate TNC bill, SB 340, was approved by its first committee on March 14, 2017 after a delete all amendment (#144456) and one amendment to the delete all amendment (#102860) were adopted. Another amendment to the delete all was defeated. Both the House and Senate bills are a…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel An omnibus agency bill for the Department of Financial Services (DFS) passed its first Senate committee on March 14, 2017 with one amendment. According to the bill sponsor, the amendment (#722534) adopted made technical changes requested by Department of Financial Services. The bill, SB 986, makes various changes…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On March 14, 2017, the Florida Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association (FLAHIGA) bill, SB 814, unanimously passed its first committee, Senate Banking and Insurance. The bill has two committees left. The House companion, which is identical, has already made it through the committee process and is ready for…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel A bill expanding workers’ compensation coverage for firefighters was workshopped in its first House committee on March 13, 2017. During a workshop, the committee takes testimony and discusses a bill, but no vote is taken on the bill. The Committee Chair did not indicate if/when the bill would be…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel All member sponsored bills have been filed for the 2017 Session. Following is a summary of bills filed as of March 12, 2017 that FIC is following related to property insurance, Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, and the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund. The summary was prepared by FIC General…