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Nonparticipating providers.
Payment of health claims.
Various insurance matters.
Insurance mandated gun free zone notices.
Work based learning liability.
Coverage for certain cancer prescriptions.
Insurance coverage for public safety employees.
Health care shopping and decision support program.
Collection of cost sharing.
Various mental health and insurance matters.
Coverage for cancer screening.
Applied behavior analysis coverage.
Coverage for cognitive rehabilitation services.
MEWA for child care facilities.
Breast reconstruction coverage.
Payment of claims for emergency services.
Directory of in network providers.
Use of aerial photography.
Insurance for mental health and substance use.
Coverage for doula services.
Selection of primary care provider.
Insurance rate review.
Pharmacy benefits.
Health matters.
Cost sharing; out-of-pocket expense credit.
Insurance matters.
Prior authorization.
Fiduciary duty in health plan administration.
Medicare supplement insurance.
Insurance and transfer on death deeds.
Physician referrals and reimbursement rates.
Coverage for living organ donors.
State employee health plan payment limits.
Public defender benefits.
Mental health and substance abuse coverage.
Mental health coverage by third party.
Prior authorization for opioid use disorder care.
Coverage for cancer screening.
Coverage for preventative health services.
Pharmacy benefit managers.
Coverage for treatment of chronic diseases.
Contraceptive coverage.
Limitation on cost sharing.
Coverage for living organ donors.
Coverage for obesity treatments.
Use of aerial photography.
Coverage for certain cancer prescriptions.
Fertility insurance coverage.
Emergency medical services.
Probate.
Insurance matters.
Professions and professional services.
Biomarker testing coverage.
Medicare supplement insurance.
Exchange of insurance information after accident.
Insurance and transfer on death deeds.
Coverage for mobile integrated healthcare services.
State employee health plan payment limits.
Coverage for living organ donors.
Contraceptive coverage.
Medicare supplement insurance.
Prescription drug pricing.
Hair loss treatment coverage.
Coverage for mobile integrated healthcare services.
Dental matters.
Emerging therapies.
Coverage for cancer screening and prescriptions.
Prior authorization.
Prescription drug rebates and pricing.
Insurance matters.
Delivery network companies.
Various criminal law matters.
Risk management and catastrophic liability funds.
Health plans and ambulance service providers.
Limitation of liability for DCS contractors.
Health matters.
Multiple employer welfare arrangements.
Medicare product solicitations.
State employee health plan hospital payment limits.
Exemption from prior authorization requirements.
Prescription drug rebates and pricing.
Transition from Marketplace plan to Medicare.
Notice of change to provider agreement.
Information about health care and health coverage.
Various insurance matters.
Colorectal cancer testing.
Health matters.
Nonprofit agricultural organization coverage.
Coverage for breast prostheses.
Pharmacy benefit managers.
Physicians who leave an employer.
Coverage for PANDAS and PANS.
Various insurance and health care matters.
Compliance with coverage parity requirements.
Health care provider billing.
Medical payment coverage.
Drug information reporting.
Service charges.
Health insurance.
Coverage for ectodermal dysplasia treatment.
Short term insurance plans. Specifies certain coverage and disclosures that must be provided with respect to a short term insurance plan, including renewal, without underwriting, for the greater of 36 months or the maximum period permitted under federal law, a term of not more than 364 days, and an annual limit of at least $2,000,000. Specifies requirements for preferred provider organizations used with short term insurance plans. Makes conforming amendments.
Insurance matters. Requires a pharmacy benefit manager doing business in Indiana to, at least every seven days, update and make available to pharmacies maximum allowable cost list information. Repeals the law providing for availability of high risk property coverage under the federal Urban Property Protection and Reinsurance Act of 1968. Exempts flood insurance policies from the kinds of policies under which mine subsidence coverage must be made available. Repeals the law concerning the small employer voluntary reinsurance program. Urges the legislative council to assign to an interim study committee the topic of regulation and practice of pharmacy benefit managers for study and recommendations during the 2019 interim of the general assembly. Makes conforming amendments.
Medicare supplement and Medicaid study. Requires an insurer that makes a Medicare supplement policy available to an individual eligible for Medicare based on age to make at least one "Plan A" Medicare supplement policy available to an individual eligible for Medicare based on disability. Specifies enrollment and insurance producer compensation requirements that apply to the "Plan A" policy. Requires the Medicaid advisory committee to study and make recommendations before November 1, 2019, concerning Medicaid reimbursement and school based health centers.
Performance and payment bonds. Provides that for public-private BOT agreements, public-private agreements for toll road projects, and public-private partnership agreements for transportation projects entered into after June 30, 2019, a performance bond must be for not less than 50% of the cost to design and construct the project and a payment bond must be for not less than 100% of the cost to design and construct the project.
Chronic pain management. Requires state employee health plans, Medicaid, policies of accident and sickness insurance, and health maintenance organization contracts to provide coverage for chronic pain management. Requires the office of Medicaid policy and planning to apply for any Medicaid state plan amendment necessary to provide the coverage.
Pharmacy benefit managers. Requires a pharmacy benefit manager to obtain a license issued by the department of insurance (department). Specifies pharmacy benefit manager network and annual reporting requirements. Provides rulemaking authority for the department. Requires a health plan that denies prior authorization for certain prescription drugs to provide an alternative list of prescription drugs or alternative treatments covered by the health plan. Urges the legislative council to assign to an interim study committee the topic of regulation and practice of pharmacy benefit managers for study and recommendations during the 2019 interim of the general assembly.
Ambulance service program membership. Increases from one year to five years the maximum period permitted for membership in an ambulance service program for the program to be exempt from regulation as an insurance product.
Voluntary family leave insurance program. Requires the department of insurance (department) to develop a proposal for a voluntary family leave program. Provides for certain provisions when developing the proposed program. Provides that the department shall study and make fiscal estimates about the costs of offering an employer tax deduction of 200% to small businesses who choose to pay all or part of the contribution. Requires the department to submit the proposed program to the budget committee, including projected costs of the program, for review.
Pharmacist care study. Urges the legislative council to assign the topic of coverage for pharmacist care to an interim study committee during the 2019 interim of the general assembly.
Health care service cost sharing. Requires a state employee health plan, an accident and sickness insurer, and a health maintenance organization to count cost sharing payments made on behalf of a covered individual toward the covered individual's cost sharing amount.
Prior authorization of prescription drugs. Requires a health plan that denies prior authorization for a prescription drug to provide certain information in the notice of denial.
Essential health benefits. Prohibits preexisting condition exclusions in individual and small group policies of accident and sickness insurance and health maintenance organization contracts. Specifies benefits that must be included in individual and small group policies of accident and sickness insurance and health maintenance organization contracts. Repeals provisions providing for preexisting condition exclusions in small group policies of accident and sickness insurance. Requires the legislative services agency to draft legislation for introduction in the 2020 session of the general assembly to make conforming changes to the Indiana Code.
Preexisting conditions and essential benefits. Prohibits preexisting condition exclusions in, and use of a preexisting condition to determine a premium for, individual policies of accident and sickness insurance, small employer group health insurance plans, and health maintenance organization contracts. Specifies benefits that must be included in individual and small group policies of accident and sickness insurance and health maintenance organization contracts. Repeals provisions providing for individual and association group accident and sickness insurance policy waivers of coverage. Repeals provisions providing for preexisting condition exclusions in small employer group health insurance plans. Requires the legislative services agency to draft legislation for introduction in the 2020 session of the general assembly to make conforming changes to the Indiana Code.
Short term health insurance plans. Requires the department of insurance to adopt rules to define a short term health insurance plan as a contract with an expiration date less than 12 months after the original effective date of the contract and renewals for not more than the greater of 36 months or the maximum period permitted under federal law. Amends current provisions exempting short term health insurance from accident and sickness insurance policy requirements to provide for the greater of 36 months or the maximum number of renewals allowed by federal law, and a duration of less than 12 months.
Coverage for ectodermal dysplasia treatment. Requires a state employee health plan, a policy of accident and sickness insurance, and a contract with a health maintenance organization to provide coverage for treatment of ectodermal dysplasia.
Health coverage. Requires the department of insurance to provide annual funding for payments to navigators and assisters to maintain 2017 levels of effort for consumer outreach, education, and enrollment assistance with respect to health care coverage. Requires the department of insurance to annually report to the legislative council the percentage of Indiana residents who lack health insurance coverage. Prohibits preexisting condition exclusions in individual policies of accident and sickness insurance, small employer group health insurance plans, and health maintenance organization contracts. Repeals provisions providing for preexisting condition limitations. Specifies that a policy of accident and sickness insurance, a health maintenance
Emergency care reimbursement. Requires a state employee health plan and an accident and sickness insurer to cover and reimburse expenses for care obtained by a covered individual in an emergency. Defines "emergency" to include a condition manifesting symptoms with consequences reasonably expected by a prudent lay person to occur without care.
Pharmacy benefit managers. Requires a pharmacy benefit manager that is not licensed as an administrator to be registered with the board of pharmacy. Specifies requirements for registration, renewal, conduct, appeals, and annual reporting by pharmacy benefit managers.
Coverage of cleft lip and cleft palate management. Specifies that currently required coverage for newly born children related to management of cleft lip and cleft palate includes occupational therapy and speech therapy.
Provides that an individual has the right to full health insurance coverage. Prohibits an employer from infringing on an employee's right to full health insurance coverage by restricting health insurance coverage. Provides that an individual has the right to make the individual's own decisions concerning reproductive health.
Medical payment coverage. Specifies that medical payment coverage is supplemental to coverage under a health plan.
Property insurance coverage for a total loss. Requires an insurer that issues a policy of insurance that covers first party loss to a primary or secondary dwelling on a replacement cost basis to compensate the named insured for a total loss to the dwelling at the policy limit that applies to the dwelling.
Insurance matters. Updates names of health care provider billing forms. Amends the financial responsibility requirement for a contract carrier that transports railroad employees. Permits the department of insurance and governor to apply for a state innovation waiver under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Provides for reduced limits and removal of commercial umbrella or excess liability coverage and requires notice of a reduction or removal. Repeals the law providing for a multistate surplus lines insurance compact, which has not gone into effect due to an insufficient number of states enacting the legislation. Amends the law concerning taxation of
Liability for rental car theft. Removes from the list of provisions that may be included in a motor vehicle rental agreement a rebuttable presumption that a motor vehicle renter is not liable, in certain circumstances, for losses incurred by the rental company related to theft of the motor vehicle. Requires a damage waiver to cover all damage, loss, and liability, less any included deductible, to which a rental company and renter may otherwise agree concerning the renter's responsibility. Repeals the offense of auto theft and receiving stolen auto parts. Provides that a person who knowingly or intentionally exerts unauthorized control
Incorporation of documents. Standardizes terminology used to reference incorporated documents throughout IC 27. Specifies the date on which a particular version of an incorporated document must be in effect for the incorporated document to apply. Provides for the department of insurance to implement amendments to the version of a National Association of Insurance Commissioners document previously incorporated after required reporting of the amendment to the legislative council and standing insurance committees. Requires incorporated documents to be available as public records from the department of insurance in paper form and electronically on the department of insurance Internet web site. Makes conforming
Prior authorization for health care services. Specifies requirements for prior authorization of health plan coverage and claim payment, including provisions requiring electronic transmission of prior authorization requests and responses or, in certain circumstances, use of a standard prior authorization form established by the department of insurance.
Motor vehicle repairs. Prohibits certain activities by an adjuster, insurer, insurance producer, or other representative of an insurer in connection with a motor vehicle repair. Makes certain activities by a repair shop in connection with a motor vehicle repair for which insurance coverage is available deceptive acts. With respect to an action for a deceptive act: (a) prohibits filing a class action; and (b) creates a rebuttable presumption that a repair is not defective if the repair is made in conformity with manufacturer procedures or industry standards.
Prior authorization. Specifies requirements for prior authorization of health plan coverage and claim payment, including provisions concerning electronic transmission of prior authorization requests and responses, except in certain circumstances.
Survivor health coverage. Provides that, if the employer of a public safety officer who dies in the line of duty after June 30, 2018, offers health coverage for active employees, the employer shall offer to provide and pay for health coverage under the plan covering active employees for the surviving spouse and each natural child, stepchild, and adopted child of the public safety officer. Provides that health coverage for a surviving child continues: (1) until the child becomes 18 years of age; (2) until the child becomes 23 years of age, under certain circumstances; or (3) during the entire period
Survivor health coverage. Provides that, if the employer of a public safety officer who dies in the line of duty after June 30, 2018, offers health coverage for active employees, the employer shall offer to provide and pay for health coverage under the plan covering active employees for the surviving spouse and each natural child, stepchild, and adopted child of the public safety officer. Provides that health coverage for a surviving child continues: (1) until the child becomes 18 years of age; (2) until the child becomes 23 years of age, if the child is: (A) enrolled in and regularly
Small hospital charge notices. Requires certain small hospitals to post certain notices concerning charges. Makes conforming amendments.
Coverage for ectodermal dysplasia treatment. Requires a state employee health plan, a policy of accident and sickness insurance, and a contract with a health maintenance organization to provide coverage for treatment of ectodermal dysplasia.
Auto repair claims settlement. Includes, in the requirement that an insurer provide notice of an insured's right to approve the type of body parts used to repair a motor vehicle, a third party to whom an insured is obligated for damage to the third party's motor vehicle.
Medical payment coverage. Specifies that medical payment coverage is supplemental to coverage under a health plan or public health coverage program. Specifies that: (1) the amount paid under medical payment coverage must not exceed the amount to which the health care provider agreed as payment in full for a health care service under the covered individual's health plan or public health coverage program; and (2) the covered individual is not liable for any amount that exceeds the amount to which the health care provider agreed as described in (1).
Pharmaceutical matters. Requires a state employee plan, health insurer, and health maintenance organization (health plans) to perform certain activities with respect to a maximum allowable cost list used for prescription drug reimbursement, including: (1) compilation and updating of the list; and (2) pharmacy appeals. Prohibits certain actions by health plans concerning pharmacy disclosure of pricing information and the amount payable upon receiving a prescription drug. Requires the board of pharmacy to adopt rules to implement the telemedicine law. Exempts from the law regulating pharmacists and pharmacies the delivery of peritoneal renal dialysis related supplies by manufacturers and wholesale drug distributors
Contraceptives. Requires an insurer that issues a policy of accident and sickness insurance in Indiana to make available coverage for contraception without out-of-pocket costs to women otherwise covered by health plans sponsored by employers or institutions of higher education that are objecting organizations and do not invoke an optional accommodation under federal law. Requires federal or state fund payment to an insurer for out-of-pocket costs that would otherwise apply to the coverage.
Health insurance coverage and cost information. Requires health care providers and health plans to provide to covered individuals and patients certain information concerning the cost of health care services. Requires health care providers to publish a payment policy for medically necessary health care services not covered by a third party payment source.
Chronic pain management coverage. Requires that state employee health plans, Medicaid, policies of accident and sickness insurance, and health maintenance organization contracts must provide coverage for chronic pain management. Requires the office of Medicaid policy and planning to apply for any Medicaid state plan amendment necessary to provide the coverage.
Dental coverage medical loss ratio reports. Requires an insurer and a health maintenance organization that provides coverage for dental services to annually report to the department of insurance medical loss ratios in accordance with the federal medical loss ratio reporting form. Provides for notice and examination to verify the information contained in a report. Requires the department of insurance to annually report to the legislative council and to make recommendations for legislation including, by October 1, 2021, legislation to set a medical loss ratio standard.
Bail agent license renewal and bond forfeiture. Decreases the bail agent renewal fee from $600 to $300. Requires forfeiture, not earlier than 120 days or later than 365 days after the defendant's failure to appear, of a bond executed through cash or securities deposited with the clerk of court. (Current law requires forfeiture not earlier than 120 days after failure to appear.) Provides that the supreme court should adopt rules to establish the Indiana pretrial risk assessment system before January 1, 2020, to assist courts in assessing an arrestee's likelihood of: (1) committing a new criminal offense; or (2) failing
Insurance matters. Provides that, for purposes of the insurance law, a United States Postal Service intelligent mail bar code tracking record, a certificate of mailing, or another similar first class mail method may be used as proof of mailing. Provides that an insurance producer education course may concern sales, motivation, psychology, and time management. Limits continuing education in those areas to four hours per renewal period. Allows a prospective continuing education provider to electronically submit supporting materials for a course. Amends the description of an extraordinary dividend or distribution for purposes of the insurance holding company system law. Removes requirements
Network provider referrals. Specifies notice requirements for network health care providers that make referrals to out of network health care providers. Provides for exceptions to the notice requirements.
Direct primary care agreements. Specifies that: (a) a direct primary care agreement is not insurance; and (b) a primary care provider or an employer of primary care provider that enters into a direct primary care agreement is not required to obtain an insurance certificate of authority. Sets forth requirements of a direct primary care agreement.
Electronic authorization for prescription drugs. Requires certain health plans to accept and respond to electronic prior authorization requests according to a particular electronic transaction standard.
Motor vehicle insurance policy requirements. Changes the application of SEA 40-2016 from July 1, 2017, to July 1, 2018. Requires that a motor vehicle insurance policy issued or renewed after June 30, 2017, to establish financial responsibility must provide property damage coverage of $25,000 rather than $10,000.
Urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the issue of prior authorization for health care services.
Urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the issue of prior authorization for health care services.
Fire department reimbursement. Requires payment under a property insurance policy that provides coverage for reimbursement for fire protection services (policy) to pay the fire department's charges, subject to certain limitations, in response to a claim for which the insurer is liable under the policy. Requires notice to the claimant when a fire department is reimbursed under a policy.
Innocent coinsured. Defines "innocent coinsured". Prohibits certain actions by a property or casualty insurer with respect to property loss to the primary residence of an innocent coinsured unless those actions are otherwise allowed by law and applied to other insureds regardless of whether the other insureds are innocent coinsureds. Specifies that the claim payment amount is the greater of the actual cost of repairs or the maximum limit of coverage. Provides for claim payment reduction based on factors including the innocent coinsured's ownership interest, mortgage or other lienholder payments, and the amount of property loss as a percentage of available
Public safety officer survivor health coverage. Urges the legislative council to assign to the pension management oversight committee or another appropriate interim study committee the topic of whether the employer of a public safety officer who dies in the line of duty should offer to provide and pay for survivor health coverage.
Out-of-state health insurance. Allows an accident and sickness insurer that is licensed in certain other states, but is not licensed in Indiana, and that complies with the state examination and insurance premium tax requirements, to issue a policy of accident and sickness insurance to a resident of Indiana without complying with other Indiana insurance law.
Medical payment coverage. Specifies that medical payment coverage is supplemental to coverage under a health plan or public health coverage program. Specifies that: (1) the amount paid under medical payment coverage must not exceed the amount to which the health care provider agreed as payment in full for a health care service under the covered individual's health plan or public health coverage program; and (2) the covered individual is not liable for any amount that exceeds the amount to which the health care provider agreed as described in (1).
Coverage for in vitro fertilization. Requires an insurer that issues a group accident and sickness insurance policy, and a health maintenance organization that enters into a group contract, that provides pregnancy related coverage to offer to the group sponsor certain coverage for in vitro fertilization procedures. Provides a religious exemption.
Coverage for abuse deterrent opioids. Requires that, if an abuse deterrent opioid analgesic is available with a certain active ingredient, state employee health plans, policies of accident and sickness insurance, and health maintenance organization contracts must provide coverage for at least one abuse deterrent opioid analgesic that provides that active ingredient.
Worker's compensation. Defines "rejected risk" for purposes of coverage under the worker's compensation assigned risk plan.
Auto repair claims settlement. Includes, in the requirement that an insurer provide notice of an insured's right to approve the type of body parts used to repair a motor vehicle, a third party to whom an insured is obligated for damage to the third party's motor vehicle.
Health insurance coverage and cost information. Requires health care providers and health plans to provide to covered individuals and patients certain information concerning the cost of health care services. Requires health care providers to publish a payment policy for medically necessary health care services not covered by a third party payment source. Requires the department of insurance to establish, post, and maintain on the department's Internet web site a standardized prior authorization form for notice or authorization for health care services. Requires a state employee health plan, an accident and sickness insurer, and a health maintenance organization to: (1) use
Property insurance coverage for a total loss. Requires an insurer that issues a policy of insurance that covers first party loss to a primary or secondary dwelling on a replacement cost basis to compensate the named insured for a total loss to the dwelling at the policy limit that applies to the dwelling.
Dental and optometry service coverage. Prohibits dental and vision insurers and health maintenance organizations from requiring dentists and optometrists to accept certain payments unless the health care services are covered under the policy or contract. Prohibits dentists and optometrists from charging for noncovered health care services an amount that exceeds the usual and customary charges for the health care services.
Pharmacy benefits. Requires a state employee health plan, an accident and sickness insurer, and a health maintenance organization to make available a procedure for a covered individual's use in requesting an exception to a step therapy protocol used by the state employee health plan, accident and sickness insurer, or health maintenance organization with respect to coverage for certain prescription drugs, including time frames for a determination concerning an exception and reasons for granting an exception.
Accident and sickness insurance claim denials. Requires the department of insurance to develop, post, and maintain on the department's Internet web site information concerning internal and external grievances for accident and sickness insurance policies and health maintenance organization contracts. Provides for certain grievance related notice to be provided upon request. Requires the commissioner of insurance to analyze certain complaints received by the department and report a pattern of complaints to the legislative council. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the interim study committee on public health, behavioral health, and human services).
Insurance matters. Requires gaming facilities to pay to the state a special worker's compensation fee and removes a requirement for gaming facilities to reimburse the state for certain worker's compensation expenses. Amends the application of the annual audited financial report law to domestic insurers. Specifies that an insurer is not prevented from making available a named driver exclusion in a commercial motor vehicle policy. Provides for suspension of a nonresident insurance producer license and a nonresident public adjuster license if the home state license is not effective in good standing. Specifies certain requirements for a domestic insurer that is part
Study of electronic health care claim payments. Urges the legislative council to assign to a 2016 interim study committee the issue of use of electronic methods of health care claim payment.
Political subdivision risk management. Requires the Indiana Public Employer's Plan, Inc. (IPEP), which was established as a domestic nonprofit corporation, to apply for a certificate of authority to transact business as a domestic mutual insurance company. Provides that, upon receiving the certificate of authority and beginning to transact business as a domestic mutual insurance company, the domestic mutual insurance company succeeds to all powers, duties, agreements, and liabilities of IPEP. Provides that, on January 1, 2017, (unless IPEP fails to begin operating as a domestic mutual insurance company under a certificate of authority issued by the insurance commissioner by that
Additional insured in construction projects. Declares void and unenforceable a contractual or insurance provision requiring insurance coverage for an additional insured with respect to certain construction projects to the extent the additional insured would be indemnified for certain liability.
Access to health care cost information. Requires health care providers and health plans to provide to covered individuals and patients certain information concerning the cost of health care services. Requires health care providers to publish a payment policy for medically necessary health care services not covered by a third party payment source.
Prescription synchronization. Requires that a health insurance policy and a health maintenance organization contract that provide coverage for prescription medications must use a daily cost sharing rate and provide for synchronized refill schedule coordination for chronic prescription medications.
Pharmacy benefits. Requires a state employee plan, health insurer, and health maintenance organization to perform certain activities with respect to a maximum allowable cost list used for prescription drug reimbursement, including: (1) compilation and updating of the list; and (2) pharmacy appeals.
Captive insurance study. Urges the legislative council to assign the topic of Indiana as a domiciliary state for captive insurers to an interim study committee during the 2016 interim.
Provider contracting. Specifies requirements for state employee plans, accident and sickness insurers, and health maintenance organizations related to use of contracted health care providers, referrals to and use of noncontracted health care providers, payment amounts, information provided to covered individuals, and independent review of determinations related to claims for services provided by contracted or noncontracted providers. Makes conforming amendments.
Disability income insurance. Requires that a policy of disability income insurance must include provisions: (1) allowing for designation of an individual to receive certain notices; and (2) specifying a grace period for premium payment. Specifies that noncompliance does not create liability or a cause of action and may not be used as evidence.
Unclaimed life insurance benefits. Requires the department of insurance to develop, post, and maintain on the Internet information concerning life insurance and financial affairs. Specifies that the law concerning unclaimed life insurance benefits: (a) applies to policies, annuities, and retained asset accounts issued after June 30, 2015; and (b) does not prevent the attorney general from performing certain examinations of life insurance company records. Repeals a requirement for insurer procedures related to death master file search data.
Insurance matters. Requires disregard of a spouse's assets in Medicaid eligibility determinations related to long term care insurance. Corrects a conflict concerning payment of expenses of the department of insurance (department) from the general fund. Amends the law concerning internal audits of domestic insurer and insurer group financial statements. Requires an insurer or insurance group to file with the commissioner of insurance an annual corporate governance disclosure. Specifies requirements concerning use and disclosure of information related to the annual corporate governance disclosure. Removes a requirement for placement of the insurance commissioner's (commissioner) signature on approval of a proposed insurer. Defines
Uninsured motorist damages. Specifies that an insurer may not pay noneconomic damages on a motor vehicle insurance claim for a loss incurred by an uninsured motorist who, during the immediately preceding five years, has been required to provide proof of future financial responsibility. Provides that an uninsured motorist who sustained bodily injury or property damage as the result of a motor vehicle accident and who, during the immediately preceding five years, has been required to provide proof of future financial responsibility may not recover noneconomic damages. Makes certain exceptions.
Limit on mine subsidence insurance coverage. Raises the maximum amount of mine subsidence insurance coverage that may be reinsured (and thus the maximum amount of mine subsidence coverage that is available) from $200,000 per structure to $500,000 per structure.
Political subdivision risk management. Requires the Indiana Public Employer's Plan, Inc., (IPEP), which was established as a domestic nonprofit corporation, to apply for a certificate of authority to transact business as a domestic mutual insurance company. Provides that, upon receiving the certificate of authority and beginning to transact business as a domestic mutual insurance company, the domestic mutual insurance company succeeds to all powers, duties, agreements, and liabilities of IPEP. Provides that, on January 1, 2016, (unless IPEP has failed to begin operating as a domestic mutual insurance company under a certificate of authority issued by the insurance commissioner by
Pharmacy benefits managers. Specifies requirements that apply to a pharmacy benefits manager, including fiduciary duties owed a covered entity and contractual requirements for contracts with pharmacies. Provides that a pharmacy benefits manager who knowingly or intentionally violates these provisions commits a Class B misdemeanor.
Notice of health exchange coverage grace period. Requires a health benefit exchange carrier to provide certain notice to providers, upon request, related to coverage for health care services furnished during a grace period. Specifies requirements for payment of related claims and violations of the requirements.
Auto insurance advertising. Prohibits certain information to be printed in a font that is smaller than the font used for the main text of the advertisement for coverage under a motor vehicle insurance policy.
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Credit scoring. Generally prohibits an insurer from considering credit information in connection with the renewal of a personal insurance policy. Provides that: (1) if an insurer uses a credit report or insurance score to re-underwrite or re-rate a personal insurance policy at the request of the insured or the insured's agent at annual renewal; and (2) if the result is that the insured is eligible to be placed in a less favorably priced tier; the insurer is required to maintain the insured in the insured's current tier. Removes a disclosure exemption.
Dental and optometry service coverage. Prohibits dental and vision insurers and health maintenance organizations from requiring dentists and optometrists to accept certain payments unless the health care services are covered services. Prohibits dentists and optometrists from charging for noncovered services an amount that exceeds the usual and customary charges for the services.
Insurance matters.
Title insurance.
Abortion coverage.
Electronic delivery and posting of insurance documents.
High cost management study.
Environmental coverage.
Civil proceeding advance payment transactions.
Funding of lawsuits.
Pharmacy benefits managers.
Uniform prior authorization form.
Regulation of home warranties.
State health insurance exchange.
Prescription drug costs.
Group life insurance beneficiary.
Insurance credit scoring.
Hospital liens and ambulance liens.
Provisions related to high breast density.
Consumer lawsuit lending.
Insurance matters.
Certificates of insurance.
Uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage.
Study concerning uninsured motorists.
Health benefit exchange provisions.
Contracts for dental services.
Motor vehicle financial responsibility.
Refusal of certain health care coverage.
Affordable care study committee.
Environmental coverage.
Bonding at risk job seekers.
Pharmacy coverage terms.
Individual out-of-state health insurance.
Credit scoring.