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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Sen. Steube again filed a health insurance prior authorization and step therapy/fail first bill for 2018. He was also the sponsor of the 2017 bill. The 2018 bill (SB 98) is virtually identical to the last version of the 2017 bill and does the following: In nonurgent situations, gives…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Senate Bill 62, dealing with assignment of benefits (AOB) in property insurance was filed by Sen. Hukill on August 9, 2017. Sen. Hukill has been a tireless advocate for AOB reform the past few sessions. She was also the sponsor of the 2017 AOB bill that the OIR, Citizens…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel During its June 20th Board meeting, the Citizens Property Insurance Board of Governors adopted rate and policy changes to be submitted to the Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) for 2018. Despite lower reinsurance costs and lower rates for wind coverage and primarily because of rising water claim costs,…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Florida Governor Rick Scott signed the medication synchronization bill passed during the 2017 legislative session into law on June 14, 2017 and the bill took effect on that date. The bill, SB 800, requires health insurers and health maintenance organizations (HMOs) to offer medication synchronization services on all policies…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On June 14, 2017, Florida Governor Rick Scott signed HB 377, a bill dealing with the statute of limitation and statute of repose in construction defect causes of action. The bill applies to causes of action that accrue on or after July 1, 2017. Under current law, a cause…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On June 9, 2017, Florida Governor Rick Scott signed HB 589 into law and it took effect. The bill expands the number of prescription drugs that must be posted to the MyFloridaRx website from 100 to 300. The website lists the usual and customary prices charged by pharmacies for…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel No appeal to the Florida Supreme Court was timely filed in the case involving the validity of the 14.5% workers’ compensation rate increase that took effect on December 1, 2016. The appeal filing deadline was June 8, 2017. Because the litigation has now concluded, the Florida Office of…
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