Insurance; Provides procedures & timelines for objecting, & responding to objections, to sufficiency of evidence submitted by claimants to insurers; revises requirements for licensing for general lines agents; specifies when adjusters must include their appointment types & names & license numbers if communicating with policyholders by text message; prohibits public adjusters from engaging in certain adversarial conduct; revises circumstances under which insurer or agent may cancel or nonrenew certain residential property insurance policies; revises required statement by property insurers providing preliminary or partial estimate of damage regarding claim; revises required statement by property insurers providing payment on claim which is not full & final payment for claim.
Rep. Kim Berfield
Sponsored bills
Local Housing Assistance Plans; Authorizes county or eligible municipality to expend certain funds on lot rental assistance to mobile home owners for specified time period; requires counties & eligible municipalities to develop certain strategies in their local housing assistance plans; provides that lot rental assistance is approved home ownership activity for certain purposes; authorizes certain funds to be provided to mobile home owners for rehabilitation & emergency repairs; removes prohibition that only certain percentage of funds may be used for manufactured housing.
Property Damage Caused by Limestone Mining Operations; Provides that certain property owners who have sustained property damage as result of limestone mining operations have right to file claim for compensation; requires such claims to be brought within specified period of time; requires Division of Administrative Hearings to adjudicate such claims; provides annual appropriation; requires state to compensate property owners' whose claims are upheld for certain costs; provides for annual funding & compensation for such claims.
Health Care Provider Participation in Medicaid Managed Care Organizations; Requires that health care providers wanting to participate in Medicaid managed care organizations enroll with AHCA & be credentialed for & enter into contract with Medicaid managed care organizations; requires agency to enroll health care providers within specified timeframe; provides date of enrollment; requires health care providers to submit credentialing applications to credentialing verification organizations; provides requirements for contracts between agency & such organizations; provides requirements for contracts between Medicaid managed care organizations & health care providers; encouraging licensing boards to cooperate with agency & credentialing verification organizations; provides date on which providers' claims become eligible for payment; prohibits Medicaid managed care organizations from imposing certain requirements relating to clean claims within specified timeframe.
Limitation on the Assessment of Homestead Property; Joint resolution proposing amendment to s. 4 of Art. VII of State Constitution to Authorizes Legislature, by general law, to prohibit consideration of any change or improvement made to homestead property to mitigate flood damage in determining assessed value of such property for ad valorem taxation purposes.
Cardiac Emergencies on School Grounds; Revises requirement for instruction on CPR & use of AED; requires each public school to develop cardiac emergency response plan (CERP); & provides school, CERP, & training requirements.
Assessment of Homestead Property; Requires that certain changes, additions, or improvements made through property elevation be assessed in a specified manner; provides alternate assessment in certain circumstances.
Department of Financial Services; Revises provisions relating to duties & responsibilities of & entities regulated by DFS & CFO, including compensation, payments, financial management & accounting programs, public depositories, health care providers, Special Disabilities Trust Fund, stop-work orders, funeral homes, cemeteries, boilers, insurance agents, title insurance agencies, insurers, firefighting, insurance contracts, & bail bond agents.
Firefighter Health and Safety ; Requires Division of State Fire Marshal within DFS to adopt certain rules; requires division to assist in decreasing frequency of fatalities; requires division to adopt rules relating to education on chemical hazards or toxic substances & mental health best practices.
State Land Management; Requiring public hearings for all updated conservation and nonconservation land management plans; requiring the Division of State Lands of the Department of Environmental Protection to make available to the public, within a specified timeframe, electronic copies of land management plans for parcels of a certain size and for parcels located in state parks; revising the duties of the Division of Recreation and Parks of the Department of Environmental Protection; specifying requirements for the management of parks and recreational areas held by the state; requiring the division to comply with specified provisions when granting certain privileges, leases, concessions, and permits; authorizing the division to acquire, install, or permit the installation or operation at state parks of campsites and cabins that meet certain requirements; prohibiting the division from authorizing certain uses or construction activities within a state park; prohibiting the division from installing or permitting the installation of any lodging establishment within the boundaries of a state park; requiring that individual management plans for parcels located within state parks be developed with input from an advisory group; requiring that the advisory group's required public hearings be noticed to the public within a specified timeframe, etc.