From the front lines: House passes bad faith bill over to Senate
March 6, 2023
House Bill 1521, creating and imposing a vaguely defined "duty of good faith and fair dealing" on self-insured employers and their third-party administrators, backed up by steep punitive penalties, passed off the House floor on a 69-27 vote on March 1. To get a flavor of the level of lawmaking going on around this bill, you can see a video of the ten minute debate over the bill by clicking the link below. The matter now goes before the Senate, where it will be considered by the Senate Labor & Commerce Committee.
