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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel SB 322 by Sen. Simpson (R) related to health insurance preexisting conditions passed the Senate Health Policy Committee on March 4, 2019 with one technical amendment. The Senate bill is now in its last committee. The bill generally requires health insurers and HMOs to offer at least one comprehensive…
By: Greenberg Traurig The Senate Committee on Health Policy met on February 19, 2019 to hear the presentation on Certificate of Need by Molly McKinstry, Deputy Secretary of AHCA and to hear two bills. The following bills were considered: SB 302, Nonemergency Medical Transportation Services, by Sen. Brandes SB 434, Ambulatory Surgical Centers, by Sen.…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel SB 322 by Sen. Simpson (R) related to health insurance preexisting conditions passed the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee on February 19, 2019 with a strike all amendment that kept the substance of the bill intact, but made some technical changes to it. The amended bill generally requires health…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Sen. Mayfield (R) has again filed a frozen formulary/continuity of prescription care bill. SB 1180 is substantially the same as her bill last year that died in its first committee after Sen. Mayfield refused to make changes to the bill to accommodate health insurers. SB 1180 prohibits individual…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Bills have now been filed in both chambers to prospectively handle long-term care insolvencies by the Florida Life and Health Guaranty Association (FLAHIGA). HB 673 was filed February 6th and SB 626 was filed January 31st. Both bills are sponsored by seasoned Republican legislators, so we expect the bills will…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Sen. Mayfield (R) filed SB 650 last Friday. The bill is substantially similar to the Senate step therapy and prior authorization bills filed in prior legislative sessions. This is the first year Sen. Mayfield is sponsoring the bill due to the resignation of Sen. Steube, last year’s bill sponsor, who…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Sen. Brandes (R), filed SB 626 on January 31, 2019. The bill is the agreement between the Florida Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association (FLAHIGA) and the Florida Association of Health Plans (FAHP) on how to deal with long-term care insolvencies on a prospective basis. The FIC Life and…