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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel This week the Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) issued an Informational Bulletin specifying workers’ comp carriers should not deny authorization and reimbursement for medication dispensed by a treating physician if that physician is a licensed dispensing practitioner instead of a pharmacist. This appears to be a change in position…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel A bill relating to the use of nurse registries in workers’ compensation cases passed this Session. The House passed their bill, HB 437, on February 20, 2020 with a vote of 118-0 and sent the bill to the Senate. The Senate approved the bill on March 12, 2020, sending…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel A bill to increase the salaries of Judges of Compensation Claims (JCCs) to that of county court judges passes this Session after stalling last Session. The full House unanimously approved the bill on March 9, 2020 and sent the bill to the Senate which approved the bill by…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Bills to increase the salaries of Judges of Compensation Claims (JCCs) to that of county court judges passed their last House and Senate committees on February 27, 2020. The bills were not amended and will now be heard on the House and Senate floors when set by the Rules…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel SB 540, dealing with FIGA and FWCIGA, passed the Senate on February 26, 2020 with a vote of 40-0. The bill is supported by FIGA and FWCIGA and is substantially similar to a bill that passed the House last year, but not the Senate. Regarding FIGA assessments, the bill…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel A bill relating to the use of nurse registries in workers’ compensation cases is in good position to pass this Session. The House passed their bill, HB 437, to the Senate on February 20, 2020 with a vote of 118-0 and sent the bill to the Senate. The…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Bills relating to the use of nurse registries in workers’ compensation cases moved in the House and Senate this week. The House bill (HB 437) was heard on the House floor on special order on February 19, 2020 and approved for final passage on February 20, 2020 with a…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel SB 540, dealing with FIGA and FWCIGA, was heard for the first time on the Senate floor on February 19, 2020 and rolled to third reading. The Senate should vote on the bill during its next floor Session which is next Wednesday. The bill is supported by FIGA and…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel SB 1186 makes changes to the drug-free workplace programs in Chapters 112 and 440, F.S. to align Florida’s drug free workplace law with the federal drug free workplace law. The bill was approved by its second Senate committee of reference on February 17, 2020 without amendment. It has one…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel A bill (SB 1298) to increase the salaries of Judges of Compensation Claims (JCCs) to that of county court judges passed its second Senate committee on February 13, 2020. The bill was amended to conform to the House bill. Both House and Senate bills have one committee left. …