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Senate Committee to Discuss Possible PIP Replacement

Senate Committee to Discuss Possible PIP Replacement

| Written By: Travis Miller | Insurance

David Simmons, chairman of the Senate Banking & Insurance Company, is expected to bring up a proposal for replacing PIP with mandatory bodily injury liability insurance at today’s committee meeting.   Senator Simmons has scheduled PIP as a major part of today’s meeting, although no vote is expected on any proposal today.   Possible topics arising from an alternative proposal include bodily […]

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PPACA Conformity Bill Signed Into Law

PPACA Conformity Bill Signed Into Law

| Written By: Travis Miller | Insurance

Governor Rick Scott has signed SB 1842 pertaining to health insurance into law.  The law makes changes to the Florida Insurance Code necessary to allow the state’s regulations to conform to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).  Among its provisions, the new law will allow the Office of Insurance Regulation to review health […]

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Cancer Treatment Fairness Act Passes Late in Session

Cancer Treatment Fairness Act Passes Late in Session

| Written By: Travis Miller | Insurance

The legislature passed the Cancer Treatment Fairness Act late in the 2013 session as part of HB 1159.  The act takes effect July 1, 2014.  It creates section 627.42391 relating to health insurers and section 641.313 relating to health maintenance organizations.  The act requires insurers and HMO’s to cover prescribed orally administered cancer medications in […]

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