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To amend section 1739.05 and to enact sections | 1 |
1751.621 and 3923.521 of the Revised Code to | 2 |
require insurance providers to cover human | 3 |
papillomavirus screenings and vaccines. | 4 |
Section 1. That section 1739.05 be amended and sections | 5 |
1751.621 and 3923.521 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as | 6 |
follows: | 7 |
Sec. 1739.05. (A) A multiple employer welfare arrangement | 8 |
that is created pursuant to sections 1739.01 to 1739.22 of the | 9 |
Revised Code and that operates a group self-insurance program may | 10 |
be established only if any of the following applies: | 11 |
(1) The arrangement has and maintains a minimum enrollment of | 12 |
three hundred employees of two or more employers. | 13 |
(2) The arrangement has and maintains a minimum enrollment of | 14 |
three hundred self-employed individuals. | 15 |
(3) The arrangement has and maintains a minimum enrollment of | 16 |
three hundred employees or self-employed individuals in any | 17 |
combination of divisions (A)(1) and (2) of this section. | 18 |
(B) A multiple employer welfare arrangement that is created | 19 |
pursuant to sections 1739.01 to 1739.22 of the Revised Code and | 20 |
that operates a group self-insurance program shall comply with all | 21 |
laws applicable to self-funded programs in this state, including | 22 |
sections 3901.04, 3901.041, 3901.19 to 3901.26, 3901.38, 3901.381 | 23 |
to 3901.3814, 3901.40, 3901.45, 3901.46, 3902.01 to 3902.14, | 24 |
3923.24, 3923.282, 3923.30, 3923.301, 3923.38, 3923.521, 3923.581, | 25 |
3923.63, 3923.80, 3924.031, 3924.032, and 3924.27 of the Revised | 26 |
Code. | 27 |
(C) A multiple employer welfare arrangement created pursuant | 28 |
to sections 1739.01 to 1739.22 of the Revised Code shall solicit | 29 |
enrollments only through agents or solicitors licensed pursuant to | 30 |
Chapter 3905. of the Revised Code to sell or solicit sickness and | 31 |
accident insurance. | 32 |
(D) A multiple employer welfare arrangement created pursuant | 33 |
to sections 1739.01 to 1739.22 of the Revised Code shall provide | 34 |
benefits only to individuals who are members, employees of | 35 |
members, or the dependents of members or employees, or are | 36 |
eligible for continuation of coverage under section 1751.53 or | 37 |
3923.38 of the Revised Code or under Title X of the "Consolidated | 38 |
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985," 100 Stat. 227, 29 | 39 |
U.S.C.A. 1161, as amended. | 40 |
Sec. 1751.621. Every individual or group health insuring | 41 |
corporation policy, contract, or agreement providing basic health | 42 |
care services that is delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed | 43 |
in this state shall provide benefits covering expenses related to | 44 |
screenings and vaccinations for human papillomavirus as prescribed | 45 |
in guidance issued by the United States center for disease control | 46 |
and prevention. | 47 |
Sec. 3923.521. Notwithstanding section 3901.71 of the | 48 |
Revised Code, each individual or group policy of sickness and | 49 |
accident insurance that is delivered, issued for delivery, or | 50 |
renewed in this state and each public employee benefit plan that | 51 |
is established or modified in this state shall provide benefits | 52 |
covering expenses related to screenings and vaccinations for human | 53 |
papillomavirus as prescribed in guidance issued by the United | 54 |
States center for disease control and prevention. | 55 |
Section 2. That existing section 1739.05 of the Revised Code | 56 |
is hereby repealed. | 57 |