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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Language expanding workers’ compensation coverage for firefighters diagnosed with cancer has been put on multiple bills in the Senate. The bills do not all have identical language. Language dealing with firefighters diagnosed with cancer is not currently on any House bills that are moving. The provisions in each…
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant CS SB 1768 Public Records/Medical Payments Coverage and Liability Motor Vehicle Insurance Policies/Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles — by LeeAmendments Filed 747482 [PDF] Lee (T) A public records exemption bill which would be essential if the Legislature repealed PIP and enacted mandatory BI passed the Senate Government…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel A bill related to the Florida Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association (FLAHIGA or Association) passed its last Senate committee on April 25, 2017. The bill will be heard on the Senate floor when set by the Rules Committee. As originally filed, the bill: Starting July 1, 2017,…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel A provision was added to the House medical marijuana bill, HB 1397, in the Health and Human Services (HHS) committee on April 24, 2017 that essentially prohibits telemedicine to be used to satisfy the statutory requirements needed for doctors to be able to prescribe medical marijuana. This is the…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House Health and Human Services Committee approved HB 1191, the medication synchronization bill, on April 24, 2017 with one amendment. The bill has now cleared all its committees and will be heard on the House floor when set by the Rules Committee. The Senate companion bill, SB 800,…
By: Sam Miller, FIC ConsultantHB 1007 Insurer Anti-Fraud Efforts — by RascheinAmendment 565543 [PDF] Beshears HB 1009 Pub. Rec./DFS/Insurance Fraud Information — by Raschein With only two weeks remaining in the 2017 regular session, the insurance fraud package (CS/CS/CS/HB 1007) from the Department of Financial Services’ Division of Investigative and Forensic Services is moving right…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 545, the agency package for the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV) picked up an auto insurance provision related to taxi cabs in its last committee on April 24, 2017. The provision was added by amendment #10003 and is supported by the taxi industry. The…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 1271, a bill designed to move more construction defect claims to settlement via mediation, was unanimously approved by its last House Committee, Judiciary, on April 20, 2017. It will now be heard on the House floor when set by the Rules Committee. The Senate companion bill, SB 1164,…
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant HB 1209 Health Information Transparency — by Brodeur This package was approved by the House Health & Human Services Committee April 20 and can now go to the full House. The Senate bill (CS/SB 1550) is before Senate Appropriations, its last stop before the floor. Here is an April 18…
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant HB 1397SB 406 Talks are underway to resolve the significant House and Senate differences on implementation of the medical marijuana constitutional amendment and elements of a deal could surface next week, according to House Majority Leader Ray Rodrigues, the House bill sponsor. Rodrigues, R-Fort Myers, confirmed in media interviews that…