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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel House bill 421 expands entities allowed to form a public housing authority self-insurance fund. It unanimously passed its second committee on March 15, 2017 and has one committee left. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Sean Shaw, a former Consumer Advocate with the Department of Financial Services. The…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel A vote on the bill to repeal the premium tax salary credit was not taken by the Senate Finance and Tax Committee during its meeting on March 15, 2017. In fact, the committee never even brought the bill up for consideration and discussion during their meeting. Although the…
By: Sam Miller, FIC ConsultantCS/HB 601 Personal Delivery Devices — by WilliamsonSB 460 Personal Delivery Devices — by Brandes [Brandes Strike-all Amendment] rejected by the Senate Transportation Committee House and Senate committees have approved a package fostering development of sidewalks delivery drones, which may become common someday, but the Senate Transportation Committee rejected a…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel For the second 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: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On March 14, 2017, the House Insurance and Banking Subcommittee spent over two hours on the House AOB bill, HB 1421, sponsored by Rep. Grant. Most of the committee time was spent discussing a delete everything amendment (#857069) that first surfaced the night before the committee meeting. That amendment…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel A bill designed to update regulation of discount medical plan organizations (DMPOs) was approved by the House Insurance and Banking Subcommittee on March 14, 2017. HB 577 now has one committee left. The Senate companion, SB 430, is also moving successfully through the committee process and has two committees…
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant Limited scope construction defect bills are up before both the House and Senate Judiciary Committees this week. The bills define the date of completion of a construction contract to be used when determining the start of the statute of limitations and state of repose in construction defect cases. The Senate…
By: Greenberg Traurig, FIC Lobbyist Following is a report prepared by staff of the Greenberg Traurig who is on the FIC lobby team. HB 1209 – Related to Health Information Transparency – By Rep. Brodeur Summary:To promote consumer involvement, healthcare pricing and consumer data needs to be timely. This bill requires Agency for Health Care…
By: Greenberg Traurig, FIC Lobbyist Following is a report prepared by staff of the Greenberg Traurig who is on the FIC lobby team. There is no Senate companion bill. HB 993 – Related to State Employees Prescription Drug Program – By Rep. Magar Opening:As many are aware, the private and public sectors are struggling to…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The insurer insolvency bill, HB 837, an agency bill of the Department of Financial Services (DFS) passed its first House committee on March 14, 2017 with two amendments to conform the House bill to the Senate companion, SB 730. The provisions in the amendments, described below, that relate to…