Message from Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater on Hurricane Preparedness– Floridians know that it pays to plan ahead. This week is Hurricane Preparedness Week, and with the upcoming arrival of the 2015 storm season, I hope all of you are taking appropriate steps to protect your loved ones and your
Members of the Florida congressional delegation sent a letter to President Obama urging his administration to reverse its decision to terminate the Low Income Pool (LIP) program in Florida. To read entire letter: .pdf |
MIAMI (WSVN) — Thirty-one people have been arrested after, authorities said, they are responsible for filing false insurance claims involving 20 fires and five water damage cases totaling over $14 million in insurance fraud. The State Attorney’s Office announced their findings and arrests following Operation Flames and Floods II.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Governor Rick Scott signed the following bills into law on May 21st: SB 144 Public Records/Impaired Practitioner Consultants – This bill provides an exemption from public records requirements for certain personal identifying information relate to impaired practitioner consultants, their families and employees. SB 158 Civil Liability
House Speaker Steve Crisafulli released an anticipated calendar for the June 1-20 special session, during which lawmakers expect to hammer out a state budget. He also noted that lawmakers’ requests to be excused from the special session aren’t guaranteed to be OK’ed by leadership. For entire tentative schedule:.pdf| Miami Herald
Republican leaders in the Florida Senate offered up a revamped health care proposal Tuesday in an effort to end a budget stalemate that threatens to shut down state government, but the proposal was immediately rejected by Gov. Rick Scott and House GOP leaders. Legislators are scheduled to return to the
Amid an ongoing dust-up over Florida’s health care spending, there are troubling signs that one of the reforms touted by Gov.Rick Scott may not be saving taxpayers money as initially promised. Scott signed into law in 2011 a measure that shifted Florida’s 3 million plus Medicaid patients into managed care. Scott praised
On Monday, June 1, the Senate will convene at 1:00 p.m. to begin Special Session 2015-A. The purpose of our sittings in week one is to procedurally place our Chamber in the position we left our budget work at the end of the Regular Session and to swiftly enter
Today the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced revisions to its Interpretations, Rules, and Guides under the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, 16 C.F.R. 700.1 et seq. The Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act (“Mag-Moss”), 15 U.S.C. 2301 et seq., is the federal act that regulates warranties on consumer goods by, among other things, requiring various