By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House Insurance and Banking Subcommittee passed the named driver exclusion bill, HB 329 during its meeting on November 15, 2017. The bill authorizes the specific exclusion of named individuals from private passenger motor vehicle insurance coverages. The bill prohibits an exclusion for periods when the names…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On November 14, 2017, the House workers’ compensation reform bill passed its first committee with one amendment. This year’s bill is a committee bill, PCB COM 18-01 with Rep. Burgess-R handling the bill again this year. The House Speaker will now review the bill to determine if additional committee…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House direct primary care bill passed its first and last committee on November 14, 2017 and now heads to the House floor at the discretion of the Rules Committee. This year, the bill only received one committee reference by the House Speaker. The bill was not amended in…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House Judiciary Committee heard and passed the House AOB bill, PCB JDC 18-01, filed for 2018. One amendment (PDF) removing the examination under oath (EUO) provision from the bill was proposed, but was defeated on a voice vote after the bill sponsor indicated the amendment was unfriendly. The…
By: Greenberg Traurig During its committee meeting on November 7, 2017, the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee heard presentations from the Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) and Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (Citizens) about managed repair programs. Following are notes from the meeting provided by Greenberg Traurig. The Senate Banking and Insurance Committee met today to…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House Judiciary Committee released a committee bill on AOB reform on November 7, 2017. The bill will be heard and voted on at the Judiciary Committee meeting next week, on November 14, 2017. Thus, it seems like AOB reform is being fast-tracked by House leadership this year. …
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On November 7, 2017, the House Commerce Committee filed a committee bill to reform workers’ compensation. The bill, PCB COM 18-01 will be heard and voted on when the Committee meets next week, on November 14, 2017. Thus, it appears the House leadership is fast-tracking worker’s comp reform which…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House PIP repeal and replace bill (HB 19) was heard by its only committee of reference, Commerce Committee, on November 7, 2017. The bill passed with two amendments. It will now go to the House floor for a full vote by the chamber when put on the floor…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On November 7, 2017, the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee unanimously approved SB 98, this year’s step therapy and prior authorization bill. The bill was not amended. A step therapy and prior authorization bill has passed the Senate the past few years, but it has always died in…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Telehealth Advisory Council (Council) released its final report to the Governor and Legislature on October 31, 2017. The final report includes draft language for most of the recommendations to make it easy for the recommendations to be included in proposed legislation or proposed administrative rules. The Council has…