2009-04-16                     Senate Journal                      Page 0991
was read the first time and referred to the Transportation and Finance                                                          
Committees.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
HB 162                                                                                                                        
HOUSE BILL NO. 162 BY THE HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE BY                                                                              
REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR, entitled:                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
             "An Act establishing the Southeast State Forest and                                                               
            relating to the Southeast State Forest; and providing                                                              
          for an effective date."                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the Resources Committee.                                                                
                                                                                                                                
HB 175                                                                                                                        
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 175(L&C) BY THE HOUSE LABOR                                                                               
AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE, entitled:                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act relating to insurance, including treating as                                                                       
     confidential certain information submitted to the director of                                                              
     insurance by the National Association of Insurance                                                                         
     Commissioners; clarifying conditions for the release of                                                                    
     insurer deposits; defining travel insurance that may be sold                                                               
     under a travel insurance limited producer license; establishing                                                            
     criteria for licensing of nonresident independent adjusters as                                                             
     resident adjusters; exempting rewards under a wellness                                                                     
     program from treatment as insurance discrimination or                                                                      
     rebating; making certain insurance required of the                                                                         
     Comprehensive Health Insurance Association permissive                                                                      
     rather than mandatory; making certain provisions relating to                                                               
     statements on applications and guaranteed renewability for                                                                 
     individual health insurance applicable to hospital and medical                                                             
     service corporations; making public certain forms and related                                                              
     documents filed for approval by a hospital or medical service                                                              
     corporation after the filing becomes effective; relating to                                                                
     deposits of self-funded multiple employer welfare                                                                          
     arrangements; repealing reasons that the director of insurance                                                             
     may use to deny or revoke a license; and providing for an                                                                  
     effective date."                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the Labor and Commerce                                                                  
Committee.