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...t shall also include a summary of each contract for the mutual exchange of goods or services entered into by the commission under section 991.03 of the Revised Code. Upon receipt of such statement, the auditor of state shall have it verified and make a report of the auditor of state's findings thereon to the governor. Assistant auditors of state shall conduct an audit of activities of the annual Ohio state fa...

...If an inspector employed by or under contract with the department of agriculture in accordance with section 993.04 of the Revised Code issues a written order to an owner of an amusement ride to replace or repair a component or components of the amusement ride, the owner shall respond in writing to the department within the time specified in the order indicating the action the owner is taking to address the issue. ...

...a dwelling action against a residential contractor unless, at least sixty days before commencing the proceedings or filing the action, the owner provides the contractor with written notice of the construction defect that would be the basis of the arbitration proceedings or the dwelling action. The notice shall be in writing and mailed, sent by telegram, delivered in person, or sent by any means the contractor has ind...

...(A) A residential contractor shall provide the owner with a good faith written response to any notice provided pursuant to section 1312.04 of the Revised Code. The response shall be provided within twenty-one days after the owner mailed the notice, delivered it by personal delivery, or transmitted it by telegram, facsimile, or electronic mail. In the response, the contractor shall offer to take one of the following a...

...(A) If an owner accepts a residential contractor's offer to inspect the residential building, the owner shall notify the contractor of that acceptance within fourteen days. After accepting the offer to inspect, the owner shall allow the contractor reasonable access to the building during normal working hours. The contractor shall inspect the building within fourteen days after the owner accepts the offer. The contrac...

..., or otherwise provides the residential contractor with a defect notice pursuant to division (A) of section 1312.04 of the Revised Code.

...the owner sends a notice of defect to a contractor pursuant to section 1312.04 of the Revised Code until the owner has complied with this chapter. (B) If an owner files a dwelling action or commences arbitration proceedings without having complied with this chapter, the court or arbitrator shall dismiss that action or those proceedings without prejudice. The owner may again file a dwelling action or commence arbitra...

...(A) The purpose of sections 3902.01 to 3902.08 of the Revised Code is to establish minimum standards for language used in policies and certificates of life insurance and annuities, credit life insurance and credit disability insurance, and sickness and accident insurance, and subscriber policies or certificates of health insuring corporations, delivered or issued for delivery in this state, to facilitate ease of read...

...lowing procedures shall be used: (a) A contraction, hyphenated word, or numbers and letters, when separated by spaces, shall be counted as one word. (b) A unit of words ending with a period, semicolon, or colon, but excluding headings and captions, shall be counted as a sentence. (c) A syllable means a unit of spoken language consisting of one or more letters of a word as divided by an accepted dictionary. Where t...

...Nothing in sections 3902.01 to 3902.08 of the Revised Code shall be construed to negate any law of this state permitting the issuance of any policy form after it has been on file for the time period specified.

...The superintendent of insurance may authorize a lower score than the Flesch reading ease score required in division (A)(1) of section 3902.04 of the Revised Code whenever, in his discretion, he finds that a lower score meets any of the following conditions: (A) The lower score will provide a more accurate reflection of the readability of a policy form; (B) The lower score is warranted by the nature of a particular ...

...A policy form meeting the requirements of section 3902.04 of the Revised Code shall be approved notwithstanding the provisions of any other laws that specify the content of policies, if the policy form provides the policyholders and claimants protection not less favorable than they would be entitled to under such laws.

...(A) Except as provided in section 3902.03 of the Revised Code, sections 3902.01 to 3902.08 of the Revised Code apply to all policy forms filed on or after January 9, 1983. No policy form shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this state on or after January 9, 1985 unless approved by the superintendent of insurance, or permitted to be issued, pursuant to sections 3902.01 to 3902.08 of the Revised Code. Any polic...

...When a plan of health coverage is primary, its benefits are paid without regard to the benefits of another plan. When a plan of health coverage is secondary, its benefits are determined by taking into consideration the payments made or to be made by another plan. When there are more than two plans, a plan may be primary as to one and may be secondary as to another.

...The superintendent of insurance may, pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, adopt rules to carry out the purposes of sections 3902.11 to 3902.14 of the Revised Code.

...As used in sections 3902.22 and 3902.23 of the Revised Code, "third-party payer" has the same meaning as in section 3901.38 of the Revised Code.

...The superintendent of insurance shall develop a standard claim form to be used by all third-party payers and providers for reimbursement of health care services and supplies, taking into consideration the special needs of, and differences between, third-party payers. The standard claim form shall be prescribed in rules the superintendent shall adopt in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The superinte...

...Beginning one hundred eighty days after rules adopted under section 3902.22 of the Revised Code take effect, no third-party payer shall fail to use the standard claim form prescribed in those rules.

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Cost sharing" means the cost to a covered individual under a health benefit plan according to any coverage limit, copayment, coinsurance, deductible, or other out-of-pocket expense requirements imposed by the plan. (2) "Health benefit plan," "health care services," and "health plan issuer" have the same meanings as in section 3922.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Health care prof...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Health benefit plan" and "health plan issuer" have the same meanings as in section 3922.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act" means the federal "Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008," Pub. L. No. 110-343, as amended, and any federal regulations implementing that act. (B) Each health plan iss...

...As used in sections 3902.50 to 3902.72 of the Revised Code: (A) "Ambulance" has the same meaning as in section 4765.01 of the Revised Code. (B) "Clinical laboratory services" has the same meaning as in section 4731.65 of the Revised Code. (C) "Cost sharing" means the cost to a covered person under a health benefit plan according to any copayment, coinsurance, deductible, or other out-of-pocket expense requireme...

...(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...

...gency facility, or ambulance have had a contractual relationship in the previous six years, any in-network reimbursement rates previously agreed upon between the issuer and the provider, facility, emergency facility, or ambulance; (4) The results of, or any documents submitted in the course of, a previous arbitration between the parties conducted under this section that the arbitrator considers relevant in renderi...

...(A)(1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, sections 3901.38 to 3901.3814 of the Revised Code shall not apply with respect to a claim during a period of negotiation under section 3902.51 of the Revised Code or a period of arbitration under section 3902.52 of the Revised Code. Sections 3901.38 to 3901.3814 of the Revised Code shall apply upon the completion of a successful negotiation or upon the ren...

...As used in sections 3902.60 and 3902.61 of the Revised Code: (A) "Associated conditions" means the symptoms or side effects of stage four advanced metastatic cancer, or the treatment thereof, which would, in the judgment of the health care practitioner in question, jeopardize the health of a covered individual if left untreated. (B) "Stage four advanced metastatic cancer" means a cancer that has spread from the p...