February 24, 2017 Christopher L. Nuland, JD The calendar may only say February, but legislators and lobbyists made this past week the most eventful and challenging “Committee Week” in recent years. Officially, the House and Senate Committees were busy. On Tuesday, the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee advanced bills to eliminate most retroactive denials (SB 102) and to make HMOs liable for medical malpractice when they make medical decisions (SB262). At the exact same time, the Senate...
Month: February 2017
Advocacy Matters
Dear Fellow FSPS Members: This past week was a momentous one for Florida Plastic Surgery, both in the courts and in the legislature. FSPS Opposes Unsupervised Nurses Injecting Fillers The FSPS this week filed a Motion to Intervene in a Board of Nursing Declaratory Statement. The FSPS position is that Florida law does not support a registered nurse injecting facial fillers without the direct supervision and involvement of a supervising physician. Florida House Moves Major Legislation While the...