Ohio Revised Code Search

...he Revised Code, "filing" or "filings" means the whole or any part thereof. (A)(1) Every insurer shall file with the superintendent of insurance, except as to inland marine risks which by general custom of the business are not written according to manual rates or rating plans, every form of a policy, endorsement, rider, manual, minimum class rate, rating schedule, or rating plan, and every other rating rule, and ev...

... shall send to the insurer or rating bureau that made the filing, written notice of disapproval of the filing, specifying therein in what respects he finds the filing fails to comply with those sections and stating that the filing shall not become effective. (B) If within thirty days after a specific inland marine rate on a risk specially rated by a rating bureau, subject to division (E) of section 3935.04 of the Re...

...ember, to be a subscriber to its rating services for any kind of insurance, or subdivision or class of risk or a part or combination thereof, for which it is authorized to act as a rating bureau. Notice of proposed changes in such rules and regulations shall be given to subscribers. Each rating bureau shall furnish its rating services without discrimination to its members and subscribers. The reasonableness of any ru...

...ember of, or subscriber to, a rating bureau shall adhere to the filings made on its behalf by the bureau, except that any insurer who is such a member or subscriber may make written application to the superintendent of insurance for permission to file a deviation from the class rates, schedules, rating plans, or rules respecting any kind of insurance or class of risk within a kind of insurance, or combination thereof...

...ember of, or subscriber to, a rating bureau may appeal to the superintendent of insurance from the action of such rating bureau in approving or rejecting any proposed change in, or addition to, the filings of such rating bureau. The superintendent shall, after a hearing held upon not less than ten days' written notice to the appellant and to such rating bureau, issue an order approving the action of such rating organ...

...Every rating bureau and every insurer which makes its own rates shall, within a reasonable time after receiving written request therefor and upon the payment of such reasonable charge as it may make, furnish to any insured affected by a rate made by it, or to the authorized representative of such insured, all pertinent information as to such rate. Every rating bureau and every insurer which makes its own rates shall ...

...erience data with insurance supervisory officials, insurers, and rating bureaus in other states and may consult with them with respect to rate making and the application of rating systems. The superintendent may make reasonable rules and regulations necessary to effectuate sections 3935.01 to 3935.17, inclusive, of the Revised Code. Sections 119.01 to 119.13, inclusive, of the Revised Code are applicable to the rul...

...ation made by the insurance supervisory official of another state, pursuant to the laws of such state.

...ich make their own filings or rating bureaus in rate making, by the collection and furnishing of loss or expense statistics, or by the submission of recommendations, but which does not make filings under sections 3935.01 to 3935.17, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be known as an advisory organization. (B) Every advisory organization shall file the following items with the superintendent of insurance: (1) A co...

...5.17 of the Revised Code. If, after a hearing, the superintendent of insurance finds that any activity or practice of any such group, association, or other organization is unfair, unreasonable, or otherwise inconsistent with sections 3935.01 to 3935.17, inclusive, of the Revised Code, he may issue a written order specifying in what respects such activity or practice is unfair, unreasonable, or otherwise inconsistent...

...t of the time and method by which an appeal may be perfected. A copy of such order shall be mailed to attorneys of record representing the parties. Any insurer, advisory organization, or rating bureau, aggrieved by any order or decision of the superintendent made without a hearing, may, within thirty days after notice of the order to the insurer or bureau, make written request to the superintendent for a hearing the...

...ay suspend the license of any rating bureau or insurer which fails to comply with an order of the superintendent within the time limited by such order, or any extension thereof which the superintendent grants. The superintendent shall not suspend the license of any rating bureau or insurer for failure to comply with an order until the time prescribed for an appeal therefrom has expired or, if an appeal has been taken...

...n 3927.05 of the Revised Code is not repealed or affected by sections 3935.01 to 3935.17, inclusive, of the Revised Code, but compliance with sections 3935.01 to 3935.17, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall not be deemed to be a violation of section 3927.05 of the Revised Code.

...(A) Whoever violates sections 3935.01 to 3935.17, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars.

... Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 1, as amended; (2) Any amounts received for any policies or contracts or for the portions of any policies or contracts for which coverage is not provided under section 3956.04 of the Revised Code, except that assessable premium shall not be reduced on account of division (C)(2)(c) of section 3956.04 of the Revised Code relating to interest limitations or division...

...pter may be cited as the Ohio life and health insurance guaranty association act.

...of contractual obligations under life, health, and annuity policies, plans, or contracts specified in division (C) of section 3956.04 of the Revised Code, due to the impairment or insolvency of the member insurer that issued the policies, plans, or contracts. To provide this protection, the Ohio life and health insurance guaranty association, an association of member insurers, is created to pay benefits and to contin...

...ent factoring transaction as defined in 26 U.S.C. 5891(c)(3)(A), regardless of whether the transaction occurred before or after such section became effective. (C)(1) This chapter provides coverage to the persons specified in division (A) of this section for direct, nongroup life insurance, health insurance, which for the purposes of this chapter includes sickness and accident insurance policies and contracts, and h...

...This chapter shall be liberally construed to effect its purpose as set forth in section 3956.03 of the Revised Code.

... Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 1, as amended. (2) The health account. (B) The association is subject to the supervision of the superintendent of insurance and to the applicable insurance laws of this state.

...division (B) of this section, records created, held by, or pertaining to the guaranty association are not public records under section 149.43 of the Revised Code, are confidential, and are not subject to inspection or disclosure. (B) Division (A) of this section does not apply to the plan of operation required under section 3956.10 of the Revised Code, other information required to be filed with the superintendent...

...ompensated by the association for their services.

...(2) of this section, the Ohio life and health insurance guaranty association may do either of the following with respect to an impaired member insurer: (a) Guarantee, assume, reissue, or reinsure, or cause to be guaranteed, assumed, reissued, or reinsured, any or all of the policies or contracts of the impaired insurer; (b) Provide the moneys, pledges, notes, guarantees, or other means that are proper to effect...

...powers and duties of the Ohio life and health insurance guaranty association, the board of directors shall assess the member insurers, separately for each subaccount or account, at such time and for such amounts as the board finds necessary. Assessments shall be due not less than thirty days after prior written notice to the member insurers and shall accrue interest at ten per cent per year on and after the due date....

...(A)(1) The Ohio life and health insurance guaranty association shall submit to the superintendent of insurance a plan of operation and any amendments to the plan necessary or suitable to ensure the fair, reasonable, and equitable administration of the association. The plan of operation and any amendments shall become effective upon the written approval of the superintendent, or unless the superintendent has not disap...

...a determination is made by the election officials with whom the protest is filed that the petition is invalid, in accordance with any section of the Revised Code providing a protest procedure. (2) A written protest against the petition or candidacy, naming specific objections, is filed, a hearing is held, and a determination is made by the election officials with whom the protest is filed that the petition violates ...

...sed in this section, "public official" means any elected or appointed officer, employee, or agent of the state or any political subdivision, board, commission, bureau, or other public body established by law.

...ment in violation of the election law" means either of the following: (a) Any of the following types of conduct in or about a polling place or a place of registration or election: obstructing access of an elector to a polling place; another improper practice or attempt tending to obstruct, intimidate, or interfere with an elector in registering or voting at a place of registration or election; molesting or otherwise...

... as a dependent by one of the uniformed services. (B) "Overseas voter" means any of the following: (1) A person who is outside of the United States and who, before leaving the United States, was last eligible to vote in this state, who may be considered a state resident using the standards for residency established in sections 3503.02 and 3511.011 of the Revised Code, and who otherwise satisfies the requirements ...

... a uniformed services voter or an overseas voter who will be eighteen years of age or more on the day of a general or special election and who is a citizen of the United States may vote uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballots in such general or special election as follows: (A) If an absent uniformed services member is the voter, the service member may vote only in the precinct in which the servi...

...d Code, no public office, and no public official or employee who is acting in an official capacity, shall do either of the following: (1) Prepay the return postage for an application for absent voter's ballots; (2) Mail or otherwise deliver an unsolicited application for absent voter's ballots to any person. (F)(1) Except as otherwise provided in divisions (A)(2) and (3) and (F)(2) of this section and in sectio...

...t person has been received by election officials; (d) Whether the board of elections found any error on the identification envelope containing the person's returned uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballot and, if so, how the person may correct any error within ten days after the day of an election; and (e) Whether the person's uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballot was counted. (2)...

...of each county shall provide uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballots for use at each election. Such ballots for general or primary elections shall be prescribed on the seventieth day before the day of such elections and shall be the same as provided for absent voters in section 3509.01 of the Revised Code.

...board shall promptly provide a separate official issue, special election, or other election ballot for submitting the question, issue, or candidacy to those electors, and the board shall promptly mail, send by facsimile machine, send by electronic mail, send through internet delivery if such delivery is offered by the board of elections or the secretary of state, or otherwise send each such separate ballot to each pe...

...n the parallel lines shall be printed: "OFFICIAL ELECTION UNIFORMED SERVICES OR OVERSEAS ABSENT VOTER'S BALLOTS -- VIA AIR MAIL." Three blank lines shall be printed in the upper left corner on the face of the envelope for the use by the voter in placing the voter's complete military, naval, or mailing address on these lines. The post-office address of the office of the board shall be printed on the face of such envel...

...All identification envelopes containing absent voter's ballots for voters who are entitled to vote for presidential and vice-presidential electors only shall have printed or stamped thereon the words, "Presidential Ballots Only."

...n the parallel lines shall be printed: "official uniformed services or overseas absent voter's balloting material--via air mail." The appropriate return address of the board of elections shall be printed in the upper left corner on the face of such envelope. Several blank lines shall be printed on the face of such envelope in the lower right portion, below the bottom parallel line, for writing in the name and address...

...When mailing unsealed identification envelopes and unsealed return envelopes to persons, the board of elections shall insert a sheet of waxed paper or other appropriate insert between the gummed flap and the back of each of such envelopes to minimize the possibility that the flap may become firmly stuck to the back of the envelope by reason of moisture, humid atmosphere, or other conditions to which they may be subje...

...m the board mails or delivers uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballots, the kinds of ballots so mailed or delivered, and the name and address of the person who made the application for such ballots. After the board has mailed or delivered such ballots the board shall not mail or deliver additional ballots of the same kind to such person pursuant to a subsequent request unless such subsequent request cont...

...on receiving uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballots, the elector shall cause the questions on the face of the identification envelope to be answered, and, by writing the elector's usual signature in the proper place on the identification envelope, the elector shall declare under penalty of election falsification that the answers to those questions are true and correct to the best of the elector's knowl...

... the board provides additional separate official issue or special election ballots, as provided for in section 3511.04 of the Revised Code, the board shall promptly, and not later than the close of business on the seventh day preceding the day of election, mail such additional ballots to such person at the address specified by that person for that purpose.

...(A) Uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballots delivered to the office of the board of elections not later than the close of the polls on election day shall be processed and counted in the manner provided in section 3509.06 of the Revised Code. (B) A return envelope is not required to be postmarked in order for a uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballot contained in it to be valid. Except as ...

...In counting uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballots pursuant to section 3511.11 of the Revised Code, the name of each voter, followed by "Uniformed Services or Overseas Absent Voter's Ballot," shall be written in the poll book or poll list together with such notations as will indicate the kinds of ballots the envelope contained, except that if the voter has a confidential voter registration record, as d...

... the time prior to the beginning of the official canvass, the poll list or signature pollbook from the precinct in which the elector is registered to vote to determine if the elector also cast a provisional ballot under section 3505.181 of the Revised Code. (2) The board of elections shall count the provisional ballot, instead of the uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballot, of an elector from whom the ...

... et seq., as amended. (B) A uniformed services or overseas voter may use the declaration accompanying a federal write-in absentee ballot to apply to register to vote simultaneously with the submission of the federal write-in absentee ballot, if the declaration is received not later than thirty days before the day of the election. If the declaration is received after that date, the declaration shall be conside...

...bsent voting by those absent uniformed services voters or overseas voters directly affected who are eligible to vote in this state. The secretary of state shall take reasonable steps to provide absent uniformed services or overseas voters with timely notice of any special procedure or requirement prescribed under this section.

...ecific instructions on how a uniformed services or overseas voter is to indicate on the federal write-in absentee ballot the voter's choice for each office to be filled and for each ballot question and issue to be contested. (B) A uniformed services or overseas voter may request a copy of an election notice prepared under division (A) of this section. The board of elections shall send the notice to the voter ...

...al, employment, education, and housing services the individual needs. "Political subdivision" has the same meaning as in section 2744.01 of the Revised Code. "Publicly funded assistance programs" include physical health, behavioral health, social, employment, education, and housing programs funded or provided by the state or a political subdivision of the state.

...als likely to receive healthier buckeye services and participate in healthier buckeye programs; (d) Representatives from public and private entities, including any of the following: (i) Employers; (ii) Municipal corporations, counties, and townships; (iii) Courts, including those with specialized court programs certified by the Ohio supreme court; (iv) Law enforcement; (v) Faith-based social services orga...

...or individuals and families who receive services from or participate in programs operated by council members or the entities the members represent. (3) Care coordination among physical health, behavioral health, social, employment, education, and housing service providers within the county. (B) A local healthier buckeye council shall develop a healthier buckeye plan that promotes the objectives set forth in divis...