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...9.43 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 of insurance under this chapter, and any other documents required to be released under this chapter unless otherwise prohibited from rel...

...ard of directors of the Ohio life and health insurance guaranty association shall consist of not less than nine nor more than eleven member insurers serving terms as established in the plan of operation. A majority of the members of the board shall be representatives of member insurers domiciled in this state. Three of the members of the board shall be representatives of the three member insurers that write the large...

...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 effectu...

...owers 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) The superintendent of insurance shall: (1) Upon request of the board of directors of the Ohio life and health insurance guaranty association, provide the association with a statement of the premiums in this and any other appropriate states for each member insurer; (2) When an impairment is declared and the amount of the impairment is determined, serve a demand upon the impaired insurer to make good the impair...

... (A) The superintendent of insurance shall do all of the following: (1) Notify the commissioners of insurance of all the other states, territories of the United States, and the District of Columbia when the superintendent takes any of the following actions against a member insurer: (a) Revocation of license; (b) Suspension of license; (c) Makes any formal order that such member insurer restrict its premium w...

...(A) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to reduce the liability for unpaid assessments of the insureds or enrollees of an impaired or insolvent insurer operating under a plan with assessment liability. (B) Records shall be kept of all resolutions adopted by the Ohio life and health guaranty association in carrying out its powers and duties under section 3956.08 of the Revised Code. The records shall be made ...

...The Ohio life and health insurance guaranty association is subject to examination and regulation by the superintendent of insurance. The board of directors shall submit to the superintendent each year, not later than four months after the end of the association's fiscal year, a financial report in a form approved by the superintendent and a report of its activities during the preceding fiscal year.

...The Ohio life and health guaranty association is exempt from payment of all fees and all taxes levied by this state or any of its political subdivisions.

...There shall be no liability on the part of, and no cause of action of any nature shall arise against, any member insurer or its agents or employees, the Ohio life and health guaranty association or its agents or employees, the board of directors or any member of the board, or the superintendent of insurance or the superintendent's representatives, for any action or omission by them pursuant to the purposes and provis...

...All proceedings in which the insolvent insurer is a party in any court in this state shall be stayed sixty days from the date an order of rehabilitation or liquidation is final to permit proper legal action by the association on any matters germane to its powers or duties. As to judgment under any decision, order, verdict, or finding based on default, the Ohio life and health guaranty association may apply to have th...

...(A)(1) No person shall make, publish, disseminate, circulate, or place before the public, or cause to be made, published, disseminated, circulated, or placed before the public, in any newspaper, magazine, or other publication, or in the form of a notice, circular, pamphlet, letter, or poster, or over any radio or television station, or in any other manner, any advertisement, announcement, or statement, written or ora...

...to the effective date of this section shall apply to all matters relating to any impaired insurer or insolvent insurer for which the association first became obligated under section 3956.08 of the Revised Code prior to the effective date. (B) The provisions of this chapter in effect on and after the effective date of this section shall apply to all matters relating to any impaired insurer or insolvent insurer for w...

...f the Revised Code in each of the five calendar years following the fiscal biennium in which the assessment was paid. The offsets shall be allowed on a year-per-year basis commencing with the first tax payment due after the fiscal biennium in which the assessment was paid. (2) If the aggregate total of the assessments described in division (A)(1) of this section and eligible for offset in a particular year exceeds ...

...he Revised Code: (A)(1) "Discount medical plan" means a business arrangement or contract in which a person, in exchange for fees, dues, charges, or other consideration, offers access to members to providers of medical services and the right to receive discounted medical services from those providers. (2) "Discount medical plan" does not include any of the following: (a) A plan that does not require a membership or...

...(A) A discount medical plan organization shall not offer to members, or advertise to prospective members, discounted medical services unless the services are offered pursuant to a provider agreement. A discount medical plan organization may enter into a provider agreement directly with a provider, indirectly through a provider network to which a provider belongs, or through another discount medical plan organization ...

...(A) Prior to a discount medical plan organization allowing a marketer to market, promote, sell, or distribute a discount medical plan, the organization shall enter into a written agreement with the marketer. This agreement shall prohibit the marketer from using or issuing any advertising, marketing materials, brochures, or discount medical cards without the organization's written approval. (B) A discount medical pla...

...(A) A discount medical plan organization or marketer shall disclose all of the following information in writing in not less than twelve-point type on the first content page of any advertisements, marketing materials, or brochures made available to the public relating to a discount medical plan and with any enrollment forms: (1) A statement that the discount medical plan is not insurance; (2) A statement that...

...A discount medical plan organization shall not do any of the following: (A) Except when otherwise permitted in sections 3961.01 to 3961.09 of the Revised Code, as a disclaimer of any relationship between discount medical plan benefits and insurance, or in a description of an insurance product connected with a discount medical plan, use the term "insurance" in the organization's advertisements, marketing material, br...

...(A) A discount medical plan organization shall permit members to cancel membership in a discount medical plan at any time. (B) If a member gives notice of cancellation within thirty days after the date the member receives the written document described in division (C) of section 3961.04 of the Revised Code for the discount medical plan, the discount medical plan organization, within thirty days of the member giving ...

...business and affairs of a discount medical plan organization as the superintendent deems appropriate to protect the interests of the residents of this state. (B) When examining or investigating a discount medical plan organization pursuant to division (A) of this section, the superintendent may do both of the following: (1) Order a discount medical plan organization to produce any records, files, advertising and so...

...(A) No person shall fail to comply with sections 3961.01 to 3961.09 of the Revised Code. If the superintendent of insurance determines that any person has violated sections 3961.01 to 3961.07 of the Revised Code, the superintendent may take one or more of the following actions: (1) Assess a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars per violation if the person knew or should have known of...

...The superintendent of insurance may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for purposes of implementing sections 3961.01 to 3961.08 of the Revised Code.

...th a contracting entity. (B) "Basic health care services" has the same meaning as in division (A) of section 1751.01 of the Revised Code, except that it does not include any services listed in that division that are provided by a pharmacist or nursing home. (C) "Covered vision services" means vision care services or vision care materials for which a reimbursement is available under an enrollee's health care contr...