TEST Louisiana Department of Insurance Releases list of Proposed Bills for 2012 Legislative Session

 

The Louisiana Department of Insurance (“Department”) on February 28, 2012, gave a brief overview of several bills that are expected to be filed in the Louisiana State Legislature during the upcoming session.

Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelan said nearly three dozen bills affecting various aspects of insurance will be filed.  The proposed 2012 Legislative package follows:

 

HB 193 relating to compensation of personnel employed by the Commissioner of Insurance to conduct examinations of insurers by state Representative H. Eugene Reynolds

HB 849 relating to reinsurance credits and accreditation requirements by state Representative Kirk Talbot

HB 160 requiring certain additional insurers to pay an annual financial regulation fee assessed by the Commissioner of Insurance by state Representative Harold L. Ritchie

SB 230 clarifying definitions and company action level events relative to risk-based capital for domestic insurers by state Senator Troy E. Brown

HB 150 relating to the minimum capital and surplus requirements for HMOs by state Representative Harold L. Ritchie

SB 205 relating to lowering the minimum capital and surplus requirement for capital insurers from one million dollars to five hundred thousand dollars and removing the prohibition from providing workers’ compensation and employee liability insurance by state Senator Dan “Blade” Morrish

HB 970 relating to insurance holding companies by state Representative Major Thibaut

HB 569 relating to terms relative to duties to report insurance fraud by state Representative Marcus L. Hunter

HB 359 relating to the section of insurance fraud within the Department of Insurance by state Representative Vincent J. Pierre

SB 204 includes Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation among the entities exempt from furnishing bonds in judicial proceedings by state Representative Vincent J. Pierre

SB 358 prohibiting the recovery of penalties in class action suits against the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. by state Senator Dan “Blade” Morrish

HB 354 relating to registration and regulation of Professional Employer Organization by the Department of Insurance and the Louisiana Workforce Commission by state Representative Gregory Cromer

SB 297 relating to the sunsetting of all insurance policy forms every 5 years by state Senator Karen Carter Peterson

HB 94 relating to LDI sunset by state Representative Gregory Cromer

HB 595 recodifying Title 22 by state Representative Gregory Cromer

SB 232 permitting the Commissioner of Insurance to issue cease and desist orders for Insurance Code violations by state Senator Sharon Weston Broome

SB 416 permitting the Commissioner of Insurance to terminate the deputy commissioner for consumer advocacy without cause by state Senator Daniel “Danny” Martiny

HB 186 providing relief to certain fees for HMOs by state Representative Mike Huval

SB 394 changing the rehabilitation, liquidation and conservation provisions in order to comply with the Dodd Frank Act by state Senator Gary Smith

HB 638 relating to the membership of the Advisory Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Department of Insurance by state Representative Ledricka Johnson Thierry

HB 428 relating to a minority hiring survey by the Division of Minority affairs in the Department of Insurance state Representative Ledricka Johnson Thierry

HB 513 relating to the Bail Bond Apprentice Program within the Department of Insurance by state Representative Hunter V. Greene

SB 213 adding the Louisiana Department of Insurance as an entity which is allowed to received expunged records by state Senator Troy E. Brown

HB 308 repealing legislation that requires the insured to use a specific vendor as a condition of payment by state Representative Ledricka Johnson Thierry

SB 118 granting authority to the Commissioner to promulgate regulations for independent review of benefit determinations by state Senator Gary Smith

SB 551 repealing the legislator exemption from continuing education requirements for license renewal relative to insurance by state Senator Fred H. Mills Jr.

SB 146 preventing public adjusters from acting as appraiser on claims that they are adjusting by state Senator Gerald Long

HB 564 relating to prompt payment of long-term care institution by state Representative Robert A. Johnson

SB 391 exempting Louisiana Medicaid programs from insurers who may be taxed by a municipal or parochial corporation by state Senator Neil Riser

HB 908 relating to health insurance rate review and approval by state Representative Harold L. Ritchie

External Appeals by state Representative Mike Huval

HB 921 relating to adequacy of health care services offered through providers in a health benefit plan’s network by state Representative Robert A. Johnson

HB 429 relating to balance billing by noncontracted facility-based physicians for covered health care services rendered in an in-network health care facility by state Representative Kirk Talbot

SB 310 reltaing to balance billing by noncontracted providers of emergency medical services by state Senator Eric LaFleur

SB 281 relating to confidentiality of records and reporting of complaints against persons and entities subject to jurisdiction of the Department of Insurance by state Senator Ronnie Johns