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By: Sam Miller, FIC ConsultantSB 420 Flood Insurance (Brandes)Amendments Filed 601270 [PDF] BrandesH 813 (c1) Sen. Jeff Brandes, R-St. Petersburg, Senate leader to establish a private flood insurance market in Florida for the last several years, won 7-0 approval in the Senate Community Affairs Committee April 3 of his 2017 iteration. This package (CS/CS/SB 420)…
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant SB 1550 Florida Center for Health Information and Technology (Artiles)Amendments Filed 944284 [PDF] DE Artiles A study on a system allowing doctors real time access to all of their patient’s health care records is working through House and Senate committees and, probably headed for the two floors. The Senate…
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant CS/SB 800 Medication Synchronization — by BroxsonCS/HB 1191 Medication Synchronization — by Cruz A bill (CS/SB 800) promoting partial refills and synchronization of prescription drugs continues through Senate committees. It was approved April 3 by the Senate Health Policy Committee with no amendments. Approved by Banking & Insurance earlier and…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On April 3, 2017, the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee unanimously approved a delete everything amendment (#164156) that prohibits attorney fees paid under the one-way attorney fee statute and paid in workers’ compensation from being included in rates. SB 1684 has no House companion. It was opposed by the…
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant SB 406 Compassionate Use of Low-THC Cannabis and Marijuana (Bradley) Medical marijuana treatment center licenses would be increased from the current seven to at least 12, with a system established for additional licenses as the patient count grows, under a bill approved April 3 by the Senate Heath Policy Committee.…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel After spending only 20 minutes on workers’ comp, the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee passed the comp reform bill on April 3, 2017 with a vote of 7-1. Sen. Gainer, a Republican car dealer from the Panhandle, was the only “no” vote. The short period of time spent on…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel A bill intended to shield injured worker information from claimant’s attorneys to prevent attorney solicitation passed its first Senate committee on April 3, 2017. The Senate Banking and Insurance Committee approved a delete everything amendment before passing SB 1008. The delete everything amendment kept the original intent of the…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On April 3, 2017, the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee approved the omnibus adjuster licensing and regulation bill, SB 922 after adopting a delete everything amendment to conform the Senate bill to the House bill. Thus, the House and Senate bills are now the same. The Senate bill has…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Senate Banking and Insurance Committee approved an AOB bill on April 3, 2017 with a 6-2 vote. Sens. Mayfield and Gainer cast the two “no” votes. The bill approved by the committee, SB 1218, was not the bill supported by the industry or the Office of Insurance Regulation.…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel SB 580 relating to licensing of pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs) and PBMs updating the MAC pricing information passed its first Senate Committee on April 3, 2017 without amendment. It has two committees left. The bill requires pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) to obtain a certificate of authority (COA) from the…