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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Bills relating to direct primary care (HB 161) and drug transparency (HB 589) were taken up for the first time on the House floor on March 29, 2017. The House is expected to debate and pass the bills on March 30, 2017. Regarding direct primary care, both the…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel A bill designed to provide clarification as to when the statute of limitation and statute of repose start for construction defect claims by defining when the construction contract is considered complete is expected to be passed by the House on March 30, 2017. The bill, HB 377, was heard…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On March 29, 2017, the full House heard the homeowners’ policy transfer bill and moved the bill for a vote which should occur on March 30, 2017. The bill, HB 805, was amended on the floor. The amendment made a clarifying change to the bill, but did not change…
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant SB 986 The Department Of Financial Services — by StargelAmendment by Stargel 676762 – Amendment by Stargel 218904 HB 925 Department of Financial Services — by Miller (M) The Department of Financial Services “clean-up” package, which moved through the House Insurance & Banking Subcommittee March 20, was approved March 29…
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant SB 730 Insurer Insolvency — by PassidomoHB 837 Insurer Insolvency — by Raburn For the second day in a row, the Department of Financial Services’ insolvency package passed a legislative committee, probably heading for final approval during this Florida legislative session. This is a top priority for Chief Financial Officer…
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…