H.B. 344 Summary

• Requires health insurers and sickness insurers to provide enrollees with written disclosures about dental care coverage limitations, including estimated costs for noncovered services before providers deliver them.

• Prohibits health care contracts from requiring dental care providers to accept set fees for noncovered dental services, though providers may voluntarily agree to accept such fees.

• Establishes that dental care providers who refuse discounted fees for noncovered services must post notices informing patients of this policy and provide pricing information upon request.

• Adds violation of dental care contract payment requirements to the Ohio Dental Board's grounds for disciplinary action against dental license holders.

• Applies similar disclosure and payment protections to vision care services alongside existing dental care requirements.