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Insurance committee clears several technical and regulatory bills; votes at a glance
Summary
The House Insurance Committee voted to advance multiple regulatory and cleanup bills, including auto‑title conversion rules, prior‑authorization cleanups for medications and hospital stays, public adjuster compensation caps, NAIC model compliance, and appraiser education changes.
The House Insurance Committee on Tuesday advanced a package of regulatory and cleanup bills, most on voice or recorded votes with little debate.
Highlights and actions from the meeting:
- House Bill 2882: Sponsor Representative Chapman moved to adopt the PCS and advanced the bill. The measure, described as strengthening requirements for converting rebuilt vehicle titles to salvage status and improving disclosure to protect consumers, was approved in committee on a recorded vote in which members Bennett, Marty, Tedford, Moore and Snead were recorded voting “aye.” The committee declared the bill to pass and recommended it to the next committee.
- House Bill 1808 (prior authorization, medications): Doctor Newton presented a PCS and said the bill updates prior‑authorization language for medications. Newton said stakeholder meetings were ongoing and that final language would return before oversight. The committee adopted the PCS as a working draft and advanced the bill.
- House Bill 1811 (hospital‑stay prior authorization cleanup): Doctor Newton said the bill reduces a required review window from 72 hours to 24 hours for evaluating extended inpatient stays. The committee passed the bill by recorded vote, announced as 7–0, and recommended it to the next committee.
- House Bill 1501 (cap on public adjuster compensation): Representative Tedford explained the bill limits compensation for public adjusters on claims for entities subject to tort limitations and said it was an Insurance Department/OSIG request and negotiated with the Public Adjusters Association. The committee advanced the bill.
- House Bill 1498 (OID request bill): Representative Chapman explained a multi‑part Insurance Department request bill that adjusts where certain insurance‑data and other reporting goes, removes expired licensing language and adds a grace period; committee adopted an amendment and advanced the bill.
- House Bill 1497 (NAIC model/holding company liquidity tests): Representative Tedford explained the cleanup language to align state law with NAIC model standards and to allow the department to use uniform liquidity stress‑test metrics; committee passed the bill, announced as 8–0.
- House Bill 1646 (appraiser education): Representative Snead explained a request bill to adjust qualifying education hours for trainee appraisers from 75 to 83 hours to align with national standards; the committee adopted the change and advanced the bill on a voice/recorded vote (7–0 reported).
Most of the bills were advanced with sponsor commitments to refine technical language where needed. Several measures were identified as Insurance Department request bills or aligned with national model language.
