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OH HB551
Bill
Status
Introduced
5/15/2012
Primary Sponsor
Ted Celeste
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AI Summary
- Prohibits health insuring corporations from considering applicant gender when determining premium rates for policies providing basic healthcare services
- Prohibits sickness and accident insurers from considering gender when determining premium rates for health benefit plans
- Prohibits issuers of public employee health benefit plans from considering gender when determining premium rates
- Exempts certain types of insurance coverage from the gender-rating prohibition, including accident-only, dental, disability income, long-term care, Medicare supplement, workers' compensation, and auto medical payment insurance
- Requires multiple employer welfare arrangements operating group self-insurance programs to comply with specified state insurance laws, including the new gender-rating prohibitions
Legislative Description
To prohibit a health plan issuer from considering gender when determining premium rates.
Health insurance-gender not to be considered
Last Action
To Health & Aging
5/15/2012
Full Bill Text
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