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By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant HB 1271 Construction Defect Claims — by TrumbullAmendment by Trumbull PDF Florida’s “Right to Repair” law would be tweaked and enhanced under a bill (CS/HB 1271) approved March 28 by the House Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee. The legislation on construction defect claims and pre-suit intervention is supported by insurers…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel A bill, HB 421, to expand entities allowed to participate in public housing self-insurance funds (SIFs) passed its last House committee, House Commerce, on March 29, 2017 with a delete everything amendment. The bill will be heard on the House floor when set by the Rules Committee. The Senate…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House bill to shield workers’ comp claimant identifying information from claimant’s attorneys to prevent solicitation is moving quickly through its House committees. It passed its second committee on March 28, 2017 and has one committee left. FIC anticipates this bill, along with the substantive comp reform bill, will…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On March 28, 2017, House and Senate committees approved bills changing the adoption of the Florida Building Code. The bills are a priority of the homebuilders and are also supported by the roofers, air conditioner contractors, sheet metal contractors, electrical contractors, roof deck contractors, and other contractors. The bills…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Senate TNC bill, SB 340, was approved by its second committee on March 28, 2017 with one amendment relating to uninsured motorist coverage under the bill that the amendment sponsor said was an agreement between the stakeholders. Both the House and Senate bills are a comprehensive TNC…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel For the fourth week in a row, the Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee postponed a vote on his own bill during his committee meeting because he doesn’t have the votes to pass it. The postponed bill, SB 262, is a bill heavily supported by doctors and the trial…
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant HB 1397 Medical Use of Marijuana — by Rodrigues (R)Staff analysis is available from this link: PDF A House subcommittee March 28 was the first legislative group this session to formally move to implement the medical marijuana constitutional amendment approved by Florida voters in November. The House Health Quality Subcommittee…
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant SB 530 Health Insurance – by SteubeThe Senate bill is now this strike-all: 187710 and this amendment to the amendment: 171194 HB 877 Health Insurer Authorization — by Harrison The House bill is now this strike-all: 657639 The two committees will be producing revised staff analyses and revised texts of…
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant HB 837 Insurer Insolvency — by Raburn The Department of Financial Services’ insolvency package, including portions of the NAIC receivership model act, moved through the House Governmental Operations & Technology Subcommittee March 28 and will be before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government March 29. While both bills have…
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant Legislation simplifying the transfer of residential insurance policies to a parent insurer or other company –similar to the law on auto policies now – was approved by the Senate Commerce & Tourism Committee March 27. The House bill is scheduled for the full House March 29. The legislation would make…