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By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant HB 589, legislation expanding MyFloridaRx, the state Internet site allowing consumers to compare prices for prescription drugs, is going to Governor Rick Scott, who is expected to sign it. The Senate completed legislative approval on a 38-0 vote May 5, during the last minute rush to completion of the 2017…
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant The Senate May 5, during the final hours of the 2017 regular session, approved and sent to Governor Scott legislation (CS/CS/HB 377) clarifying when the statute of limitation and statute of repose begin for construction defect claims. The Senate vote was 38-0. This had passed the House 113-0 on March…
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant Governor Rick Scott will be getting a bill increasing the Florida Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association claims limit from $300,000 to $500,000 and adding coverage for annuities in Individual Retirement Accounts. The bill went to the Governor after the House accepted the Senate amendment to HB 307, so Senate…
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant The Senate, on May 5, the final day of the 2017 regular session, completed legislative approval of revisions to the current law on insurance adjusters, including public adjuster and public adjuster apprentice licensing and regulation. The bill (HB 911) will go to Governor Scott when it is processed by the…
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant HB 589, legislation expanding MyFloridaRx, the state Internet site allowing consumers to compare prices for prescription drugs, should soon go to Governor Rick Scott. The Senate on May 4 substituted the House bill (HB 589) for its bill (SB 888). HB 589 comes up again on the Senate floor for…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Senate created a healthcare train on May 3, 2017 on HB 7117 by adding multiple bills to HB 7117. HB 7117 initially only dealt with Medicaid managed care and was sent by the House to the Senate as a Medicaid managed care bill, but the bill was expanded…
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant 709986 strike-all by Bradley271310 – Galvano The Senate wants to make sure there are not “pot shops on every corner” and it intends to impose a $2.3 million sales tax on medical marijuana. The House wants no caps on the number of dispensing centers or storefronts, and medical marijuana to…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On May 4, 2017, the Senate moved the insurance omnibus bill, HB 359, into position to send it back to the House for consideration of changes made to the bill on the Senate floor. The Senate adopted a delete everything amendment on the Senate floor to the House…
By: Sam Miller, FIC ConsultantHB 925 (e1) The House voted 118-0 on May 4 to complete legislative approval of the Department of Financial Services’ annual clean-up package, so this will go to Governor Scott soon. The Senate had approved the bill on May 3. This is the DFS “agency bill.” An agency bill is a…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House direct primary care bill (HB 161) was taken up by the Senate on May 4, 2017. The Senate added numerous other bad health care bills to the direct primary care bill. Thus, the bill will bounce back to the House for consideration of the new provisions.…