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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On April 26, 2017, the Florida House passed the Department of Financial Services (DFS) insolvency package, HB 837. The Senate took up the bill on May 2, 2017, substituted the House bill for the Senate bill, and did not amend the House bill. The Senate is expected to vote…
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant The House May 2 approved 119-0 the Department of Financial Services’ package (HB 1007 E1) to enhance the insurance fraud fight and an accompanying public records confidentiality bill (HB 1009). Because the House and Senate bills are significantly different, an agreement for the content of the bills must be worked…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House is poised to pass the substantive DFS fraud bill, HB 1007, and a public records bill relating to the DFS fraud bill, HB 1009, the next time they are in Session which is May 2, 2017. An amendment relating to HMOs selling Medicare Advantage plans was added…
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 passed the House on March 30, 2017 by a vote of 114-0. The Senate companion bill, SB…
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant The Florida House on April 26 passed 117-0 this year’s omnibus insurance package (HB 359 E1), a compilation of changes to numerous lines of insurance. The package goes to the Senate, which has been developing a somewhat difference package (CS/CS/SB 454).The Senate bill still has one more committee reference, Senate…
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant The Florida House passed 117-0 on April 26 the Department of Financial Services insolvency package (CS/CS/HB 837), with no amendments and no opposition. The package now goes to the Senate, where similar legislation (SB 730) has moved through all of its assigned committees and should go to the floor soon.…
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: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Senate added its personal delivery drone bill, SB 460, to SB 832, another drone bill, in the Rules Committee on April 25, 2017. The personal delivery drone language added to SB 832 authorizes the operation of personal delivery devices (PDDs) unless prohibited by local ordinance. The language…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Senate Appropriations Committee passed the substantive DFS fraud bill, SB 1012, and a public records bill relating to the DFS fraud bill, SB 1014, on April 25, 2017. This was the last committee stop for both bills, so they will be heard on the Senate floor when set…
By: Sam Miller, FIC ConsultantHB 1007 Insurer Anti-Fraud Efforts — by RascheinAmendment 565543 [PDF] Beshears HB 1009 Pub. Rec./DFS/Insurance Fraud Information — by Raschein With only two weeks remaining in the 2017 regular session, the insurance fraud package (CS/CS/CS/HB 1007) from the Department of Financial Services’ Division of Investigative and Forensic Services is moving right…