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...(A)(1)(a) A health plan issuer shall reimburse an out-of-network provider for unanticipated out-of-network care when both of the following apply: (i) The services are provided to a covered person at an in-network facility. (ii) The services would be covered if provided by an in-network provider. (b) A health plan issuer shall reimburse both of the following for emergency services provided to a covered person at...

...(A)(1) If a negotiation undertaken pursuant to division (B)(2) of section 3902.51 of the Revised Code has not successfully concluded within thirty days, or if both parties agree that they are at an impasse, the provider, facility, emergency facility, or ambulance may send a request for arbitration to the superintendent of insurance and shall notify the health plan issuer of its request. To be eligible for arbitration...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Hearing aid" means any wearable instrument or device designed or offered for the purpose of aiding or compensating for impaired human hearing, including all attachments, accessories, and parts thereof, except batteries and cords, that is dispensed by a licensed audiologist, a licensed hearing aid dealer or fitter, or an otolaryngologist. (2) "Otolaryngologist" means a licensed ph...

...(A) As used in this section, "health care provider" has the same meaning as in section 3701.74 of the Revised Code. (B) A health plan issuer, including a pharmacy benefit manager, shall, upon request of a covered person, the covered person's health care provider, or the third-party representative, furnish the following data for any and all drugs covered under a related health benefit plan: (1) The covered person'...

...The proceedings authorized by sections 3903.01 to 3903.59 of the Revised Code may be applied to any one or more of the following: (A) All insurers who are doing, or have done, an insurance business in this state, and against whom claims arising from that business may exist now or in the future; (B) All insurers who purport to do an insurance business in this state; (C) All insurers who have insureds resident in th...

...(A) No delinquency proceeding shall be commenced under this chapter by anyone other than the superintendent of insurance of this state. No court has jurisdiction to entertain, hear, or determine any delinquency proceeding commenced by any other person. (B) No court of this state has jurisdiction to entertain, hear, or determine any complaint praying for the dissolution, liquidation, rehabilitation, sequestration, co...

...(A) Upon complaint or motion of any receiver, conservator, rehabilitator, or liquidator appointed in a proceeding under sections 3903.01 to 3903.59 of the Revised Code, any court of general jurisdiction may issue a temporary restraining order, a preliminary injunction, a permanent injunction, or such other orders that the court considers necessary and proper to prevent any one or more of the following: (1) The trans...

...(A) Any officer, manager, director, trustee, owner, employee, or agent of any insurer, or any other persons with authority over or in charge of any segment of the insurer's affairs, shall cooperate with the superintendent of insurance in any proceeding under sections 3903.01 to 3903.59 of the Revised Code or any investigation preliminary to the proceeding. The term "person" as used in this section includes, but is no...

...(A) The superintendent of insurance may file in the court of common pleas a complaint alleging, with respect to a domestic insurer all of the following: (1) That there exist any grounds that would justify a court order for a formal delinquency proceeding against an insurer under sections 3903.01 to 3903.59 of the Revised Code; (2) That the interests of policyholders, creditors, or the public will be endangered by d...

...The superintendent of insurance may file a complaint in the court of common pleas for an order authorizing him to rehabilitate a domestic insurer or an alien insurer domiciled in this state on any one or more of the following grounds: (A) The insurer is in such condition that the further transaction of business would be hazardous, financially, to its policyholders, creditors, or the public. (B) There is reasonable...

...(A) The superintendent of insurance as rehabilitator may appoint one or more special deputies, who shall have all the powers and responsibilities of the rehabilitator granted under this section, and the superintendent may employ such clerks and assistants as considered necessary. The compensation of the special deputies, clerks, and assistants and all expenses of taking possession of the insurer and of conducti...

...(A) An order to liquidate the business of a domestic insurer shall appoint the superintendent of insurance and his successors in office as liquidator and shall direct the liquidator forthwith to take possession of the assets of the insurer and to administer them under the general supervision of the court. The liquidator shall be vested by operation of law with the title to all of the property, contracts, and rights o...

...(A) Notwithstanding any other provision under sections 3903.01 to 3903.59 of the Revised Code, no person shall be stayed or prohibited from exercising any of the following rights: (1) A contractual right to cause the termination, liquidation, acceleration, or close out of obligations under, or in connection with, a netting agreement or qualified financial contract with an insurer because of either of the foll...

...(A) Proof of claim shall consist of a statement signed by the claimant that includes all of the following that are applicable: (1) The particulars of the claim including the consideration given for it; (2) The identity and amount of the security on the claim; (3) The payments made on the debt, if any; (4) That the sum claimed is justly owing and that there is no setoff, counterclaim, or defense to the claim; (5)...

...(A) Whenever any third party asserts a cause of action against an insured of an insurer in liquidation, the third party may file a claim with the liquidator. (B) Whether or not the third party files a claim, the insured may file a claim on his own behalf in the liquidation. An insured who fails to file a claim by the date for filing claims specified in the order of liquidation or within sixty days after mailing of t...

...The priority of distribution of claims from the insurer's estate shall be in accordance with the order in which each class of claims is set forth in this section. Every claim in each class shall be paid in full or adequate funds retained for such payment before the members of the next class receive any payment. No subclasses shall be established within any class. The order of distribution of claims shall be: (A) C...

...(A) If a domiciliary liquidator has not been appointed, the superintendent of insurance may file a complaint in the court of common pleas for an order directing him to act as conservator to conserve the property of an alien insurer not domiciled in this state or a foreign insurer on any one or more of the following grounds: (1) Any of the grounds in section 3903.12 of the Revised Code; (2) That any of its property...

...(A) If no domiciliary liquidator has been appointed, the superintendent of insurance may file a complaint in the court of common pleas for an order directing him to liquidate the assets found in this state of a foreign insurer or an alien insurer not domiciled in this state, on any of the following grounds: (1) Any of the grounds in section 3903.12 or 3903.17 of the Revised Code; (2) Any of the grounds specified in...

...If it appears to the superintendent of insurance upon satisfactory evidence that the affairs of an insurance company, partnership, association, or reciprocal insurance exchange, not organized under the laws of this state, are such that any of the following conditions exist, the superintendent shall suspend the authority granted to such company to do business in this state: (A) It cannot meet the current applicable ...

...(A) Using the mortality, morbidity, and interest rates as provided in divisions (B) to (H) of this section and in sections 3903.724, 3903.725, and 3903.727 of the Revised Code, the minimum standard for the valuation of policies and contracts shall be derived according to the commissioners reserve valuation methods defined in divisions (I) to (L) and (O) of this section and section 3903.727 of the Revised Code f...

...(A) This section shall apply on and after the operative date of the valuation manual. (B) Every company with an outstanding life insurance contract, accident and health insurance contract, or deposit-type contract in this state that is subject to rules adopted by the superintendent shall annually submit the opinion of an appointed actuary as to whether the reserves and related actuarial items held in support...

...As used in sections 3903.81 to 3903.93 of the Revised Code: (A) "Adjusted RBC report" means an RBC report that has been adjusted by the superintendent of insurance in accordance with division (C) of section 3903.82 of the Revised Code. (B) "Authorized control level RBC" means the number determined under the risk-based capital formula in accordance with the RBC instructions. (C) "Company action level RBC" means the...

...(A) For purposes of sections 3903.81 to 3903.93 of the Revised Code, a "company action level event" is any of the following events: (1) A domestic or foreign insurer's filing of an RBC report that indicates that the insurer's total adjusted capital is greater than or equal to its regulatory action level RBC but less than its company action level RBC; (2) A life or health insurer's filing of an RBC report that...

...As used in sections 3904.01 to 3904.22 of the Revised Code: (A)(1) "Adverse underwriting decision" means any of the following actions with respect to insurance transactions involving life, health, or disability insurance coverage that is individually underwritten: (a) A declination of insurance coverage; (b) A termination of insurance coverage; (c) Failure of an agent to apply for insurance coverage with a sp...

...(A) An insurance institution or agent shall provide a notice of information practices to all applicants or policyholders in connection with insurance transactions as provided below: (1) In the case of an application for insurance, a notice shall be provided no later than one of the following times: (a) At the time of the delivery of the insurance policy or certificate when personal information is collected only fro...