Insurance Bill Activity: April 24, 2008–Day 52

Apr 24, 2008

An updated chart listing insurance-related bill activity for April 24, Day 52 of Florida’s 2008 Regular Legislative Session is attached for your review, or click here to access the chart on www.cftlaw.com. For easy reference and accessibility, the chart organizes and tracks bill …

Autism coverage act passes in Senate

Apr 24, 2008

Florida Today–April 24, 2008 By Betty ParkerFLORIDA CAPITAL BUREAU A wide-ranging bill that requires large insurance companies to provide coverage for treatment of autism won emotional passage by the full Senate on Wednesday, as supporters pledged to push the House …

Bill seeks to clarify medical services pricing

Apr 24, 2008

Miami Herald–April 24, 2008 By MONICA HATCHER Comparison shopping for a colonoscopy? It could get a little easier under a bill being considered by the state Senate Thursday that would require pricing information from hospitals for 150 of the most …

FPL replacing poles to meet hurricane standards

Apr 24, 2008

Miami Herald–April 24, 2008 BY JOHN DORSCHNER Inviting journalists to a construction site near Memorial Hospital West in Pembroke Pines, Florida Power & Light on Thursday showed off its latest efforts to harden its system to protect it from hurricane …

McKay Tax Swap Proposal Clears TBRC 18-7

Apr 24, 2008

By a vote of 18-7 the Florida Taxation and Budget Review Commission today (April 24, 2008) passed CP0002, Commissioner John McKay’s proposal to reduce Florida’s propery tax and replace it with a one percent-added sales tax and an elimination of various Florida tax …