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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 577, a bill designed to update regulation of discount medical plan organizations (DMPOs) passed the House on April 20, 2017 and was heard by the Senate on April 26, 2017 when it substituted its bill for the House bill. The Senate is expected to vote on HB 577…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The full Senate heard the medication synchronization bill on April 26, 2017 when the bill was discussed for the first time. No one asked any questions about the bill when it was heard. The Senate could pass the bill on April 27, 2017. The House companion, HB 1191, is…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Senate is expected to pass the frozen formulary bill, SB 182, on April 27, 2017. They heard it on the floor on April 26, 2017 and there were no questions about the bill. The bill is opposed to by the FIC Health Committee. The House companion bill, HB…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Starting on January 1, 2018, SB 102 prohibits health insurers and HMOs from retroactively denying a claim, if at any time, the insurer or HMO verified the eligibility of an insured or subscriber at the time of treatment and provided an authorization number. The bill is opposed by the…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Senate bill to protect claimant information from being obtained by attorneys for solicitation purposes passed its last committee on April 25, 2017. The bill, SB 1008 was amended by the Rules Committee. The amendment primarily made technical and stylistic changes to the bill. Generally, the bill prevents…
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant HB 837 Insurer Insolvency — by Raburn The full House took up on April 25 the Department of Financial Services insolvency package (CS/CS/HB 837), with no amendments and no opposition. This comes up for a final vote April 26 and will go to the Senate, where similar legislation (SB 730)…
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant HB 813 Flood Insurance — by Lee Jr. (L)392033 — Lee A measure (CS/CS/HB 813) continuing the Legislature’s initiatives of the last several years to promote private flood insurance in Florida should win approval of the House on April 26 and go to the Senate. It was reviewed on the…
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant HB 421 Public Housing Authority Insurance — by Shaw Entities allowed to form a public housing authority self-insurance fund (SIF) are expanded under a bill scheduled for approval by the full House April 26. The bill came to the House floor for the first time on April 25. There were…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On April 25, 2017, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved the omnibus adjuster licensing and regulation bill, SB 922 after adopting a delete everything amendment to remove the bill’s provisions requiring licensing of adjusting firms consistent with licensing of insurance agencies is also required by the bill. The bill sponsor…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On April 25, 2017, the Senate medical marijuana bill, SB 406, passed its last committee. Although it was amended in committee, none of the amendments dealt with insurance. In fact, there is nothing about insurance coverage for medical marijuana in the bill. The House bill also does not address…