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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 307 related to the Florida Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association (FLAHIGA or Association) passed the House on April 20, 2017 and was sent to the Senate for consideration and approval. The Senate considered the bill on the floor on May 3, 2017 and amended it. The…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The full House unanimously approved the Department of Financial Services (DFS) agency package on April 20, 2017 and sent the bill to the Senate. The Senate heard the bill on the floor for the first time on May 2, 2017 and amended the bill (amendment #658314) to replace the…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On May 2, 2017, the Florida Senate voted unanimously to return the House workers’ compensation public records bill, HB 1107, back to the House. On May 1, 2017, the Senate amended the House bill replacing the House bill with the Senate version of it. FIC reported on May 1,…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House flood insurance bill (HB 813) was taken up by the full Senate on May 2, 2017 and amended (amendment #198022). Thus, if the Senate votes the amended bill out on May 3, 2017, the bill will go back to the House for approval of the amended bill.…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Entities allowed to form a public housing authority self-insurance fund (SIF) are expanded under a bill heard on the Senate floor on May 2, 2017. The bill, HB 421, passed the House on April 26, 2017 and was sent to the Senate for consideration and approval. When the Senate…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On April 26, 2017, the Florida House passed the Department of Financial Services (DFS) insolvency package, HB 837. The Senate took up the bill on May 2, 2017, substituted the House bill for the Senate bill, and did not amend the House bill. The Senate is expected to vote…
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant It is down to one final vote before the medication synchronization bill goes to Governor Rick Scott. The House on May 2 substituted the Senate-passed legislation (CS/CS/SB 800) for its bill (HB 1191). House members can give the bill final approval and a trip to Scott’s desk when they next…
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant HB 1397 E1746323 – RodrieguesSB 406 The Florida House May 2 approved 105-9 legislation implementing the medical marijuana amendment adopted by state voters last November, including 10 new licenses for marijuana producers over the next 14 months. There are no caps on the number of dispensing storefronts, but this could…
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant The House May 2 approved 119-0 the Department of Financial Services’ package (HB 1007 E1) to enhance the insurance fraud fight and an accompanying public records confidentiality bill (HB 1009). Because the House and Senate bills are significantly different, an agreement for the content of the bills must be worked…
Attention: Self-Insurers, Insurers, Claim Administrators, and Medical Service Providers An update to 69L-30, Florida Administrative Code (Expert Medical Advisors) will become effective May 18, 2017. See the following page of the Florida Administrative Register for more information. https://www.flrules.org/gateway/ChapterHome.asp?Chapter=69L-30