Hillary Cassel R

Requires surplus lines insurers to comply with valued policy law; requires insurers' decisions to deny claims to be reviewed, approved, & signed off by qualified human professionals; prohibits artificial intelligence, machine learning algorithms, & automated systems from serving as basis for denying claims; requires insurers to maintain certain records of human review process for denied claims; requires insurers to include …

Requires court to award attorney fees to prevailing parties in civil actions brought against surplus lines insurers & insurers by named or omnibus insureds or named beneficiaries; provides guidelines to determine prevailing parties; provides applicability of prevailing party attorney fee provision to specified insurers, insurance policies or coverage types, & rate standards & to claims presented to specified guaranty associations.

Revises & provides conditions for manufacture, delivery, hold, offer for sale, distribution, & retail sale of hemp extract products; requires manufacturers, distributors, & retailers of hemp extract products to maintain certain records; prohibits DACS from granting permission to remove or use certain hemp extract products until it determines that such hemp extract products comply with state law; provides appropriations.

Requires Citizens Property Insurance Corporation to make windstorm coverage available to homeowners for any residential structures and to commercial lines residential structures; provides requirements for windstorm coverage; authorizes homeowners to obtain windstorm coverage from certain insurance agents; provides underwriting & administering requirements for windstorm coverage portion of insurance; provides requirements for claims settlement payments; revises requirements for corporation's plan of …

Provides exemption from public records requirements for certain information relating to designation of organization as domestic terrorist organization or foreign terrorist organization by Chief of Domestic Security; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemption; provides statement of public necessity.

Provides that person who willfully becomes member of domestic terrorist organization & serves under direction or control of such organization with specified intent commits specified crime; authorizes Chief of Domestic Security to designate organization domestic terrorist organization or foreign terrorist organization; requires Chief to provide specified written notice to Governor & Cabinet before making designation; provides Governor & Cabinet may …

Revises provisions for Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund including, retention multiple, adjusted retention multiple, reimbursement contracts, loss adjustment expense, contract obligations, reimbursements, reimbursement premiums, & reinsurance.

Authorizes certain special districts meeting particular criteria to jointly enter into, participate in, establish, or control specified joint relationships or collaborations anywhere in boundaries of either or all such special districts; establishes state action immunity; authorizes such districts to exercise such powers regardless of certain consequences.

Prohibits payment adjudicators from downcoding health care services under certain circumstances; requires health insurers to ensure that their downcoding policies are updated & to ensure compliance with specified provisions on downcoding; authorizes investigations & actions against noncompliance; provides certain presumption in favor of physicians' determination regarding patients' diagnoses & service orders; provides calculations of interests on health insurers' nonpayment & …

Providing that certain private schools are considered a permitted use in certain zoning districts; authorizing counties and municipalities to require specified measures to mitigate vehicular traffic and pedestrian safety; authorizing private schools to provide a traffic study rather than comply with such measures; authorizing the award of injunctive relief; requiring certain private schools operating in such facilities to meet specified …

Requires specified data to be included in problem-solving court reports; revises frequency with which mental health & treatment-based drug court program reports must be reported to Office of State Courts Administrator.

Authorizes workers' compensation carriers, insurers &HMOs to use artificial intelligence systems & machine learning systems to assist in processing claims; prohibits use of artificial intelligence or machine learning systems as sole basis for determining whether to reduce claim payment or deny claim or portion of claim; requires that decisions to deny claim or portion of claim or reduce claim be …

Defines "foreign law, legal code, or system"; provides that certain rulings, decisions, or contractual provisions are void & unenforceable if such rulings, decisions, or contractual provisions allow application of Shari'a or certain foreign laws, legal codes, or systems; prohibits transfer of certain civil actions to another court.