Bill Text: FL S1344 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Insurance
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (? 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2014-06-13 - Chapter No. 2014-103 [S1344 Detail]
Download: Florida-2014-S1344-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Insurance
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (? 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2014-06-13 - Chapter No. 2014-103 [S1344 Detail]
Download: Florida-2014-S1344-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2014 SB 1344 By Senator Braynon 36-01159-14 20141344__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to insurance association appointments; 3 amending ss. 627.351 and 766.315, F.S.; substituting 4 the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America 5 for other insurance associations that make 6 recommendations to the Chief Financial Officer for 7 appointment to the board of governors of the Joint 8 Underwriting Association and the board of directors of 9 the Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury 10 Compensation Association; providing an effective date. 11 12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13 14 Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subsection (4) of section 15 627.351, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 16 627.351 Insurance risk apportionment plans.— 17 (4) MEDICAL MALPRACTICE RISK APPORTIONMENT.— 18 (c) The Joint Underwriting Association shall operate 19 subject to the supervision and approval of a board of governors 20 consisting of representatives of five of the insurers 21 participating in the Joint Underwriting Association, an attorney 22to benamed by The Florida Bar, a physicianto benamed by the 23 Florida Medical Association, a dentistto benamed by the 24 Florida Dental Association, and a hospital representativeto be25 named by the Florida Hospital Association. The Chief Financial 26 Officer shall select the representatives of the five insurers. 27 One insurer representative shall be selected from 28 recommendations of the American Insurance Association. One 29 insurer representative shall be selected from recommendations of 30 the Property Casualty Insurers Association of AmericaAlliance31of American Insurers.One insurer representative shall be32selected from recommendations of the National Association of33Independent Insurers.ThreeTwoinsurer representatives shall be 34 selected to represent insurers that are not affiliated with 35 these associations.The board of governors shall choose,During 36 the first meeting of the board after June 30 of each year, the 37 board shall choose one of its members to serve as chair of the 38 board and another member to serve as vice chair of the board. 39 There isshall beno liability on the part of, and no cause of 40 actionof any natureshall arise against, any member insurer, 41 self-insurer, or its agents or employees, the Joint Underwriting 42 Association or its agents or employees, members of the board of 43 governors, or the office or its representatives for any action 44 taken by them in the performance of their powers and duties 45 under this subsection. 46 Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 47 766.315, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 48 766.315 Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury 49 Compensation Association; board of directors.— 50 (2)(a) The Chief Financial Officer may select the 51 representative of the participating physicians from a list of at 52 least three namesto berecommended by the Florida Obstetric and 53 Gynecologic Society; the representative of hospitals from a list 54 of at least three namesto berecommended by the Florida 55 Hospital Association; the representative of casualty insurers 56 from a list of at least twothreenames, one of which is 57 recommended by the American Insurance Association, one by the58Alliance of American Insurers,and one of which is recommended 59 by the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America 60National Association of Independent Insurers; and the 61 representative of physicians, other than participating 62 physicians, from a list of three namesto berecommended by the 63 Florida Medical Association and a list of three namesto be64 recommended by the Florida Osteopathic Medical Association. 65 However,In no case shallthe Chief Financial Officer is not 66 requiredbe boundto make ananyappointment from among the 67 nominees of thesuchrespective associations. 68 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.