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OH HB3

Bill

Status

Passed

7/30/2013

Primary Sponsor

Barbara Sears

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Origin

House of Representatives

130th General Assembly (2013-2014)

AI Summary

  • Requires insurance agents to complete training programs approved by the superintendent of insurance before selling or enrolling individuals in health benefit plans through an exchange, effective October 1, 2013.

  • Establishes certification requirements for insurance navigators receiving federal funding, including criminal background checks, ethics training, and compliance training on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and the Affordable Care Act.

  • Modifies copayment and deductible limits for health insuring corporations by removing specific dollar caps and requiring annual copayment, cost sharing, and deductible charges not to exceed 40 percent of total annual cost to provide all covered health care services, certified by a qualified actuary.

  • Prohibits insurance navigators from selling, soliciting, or negotiating health insurance, providing advice about specific plans, or recommending particular health plans; limits them to public education, facilitating enrollment, and providing general information about qualified health plans.

  • Expands the definition of continuing education program providers for cosmetologists to include proprietary continuing education institutions approved by the state board of cosmetology.

Legislative Description

To specify licensing and continuing education requirements for insurance agents involved in selling, soliciting, or negotiating sickness and accident insurance through a health benefit exchange, to make changes to copayments, cost sharing, and deductibles for health insuring corporations, and to make changes to the law related to continuing education requirements for cosmetologists.

Health insurance exchanges-agent continuing education/change deductibles & copayments

Last Action

Effective Date

7/30/2013

Full Bill Text

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