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...esolutions 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 public only upon the termination of a rehabilitation or liquidation proceeding involving the impaired or insolvent insurer, upon the termination of the impairment or insolvency of the member insurer, or upon the order of a court of competent jur...

...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.

... 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 provisions of this chapter or in the performance of their powers and duties under this chapter. Immunity under this section extends t...

...ing based on default, the Ohio life and health guaranty association may apply to have the judgment set aside by the same court that made the judgment and may defend against the suit on the merits.

...uses the existence of the Ohio life and health insurance guaranty association for the purposes of sales, solicitation, or inducement to purchase any form of insurance or other coverage covered by this chapter. (2) As used in division (A)(1) of this section, "person" includes but is not limited to any member insurer or any agent or affiliate of any member insurer. (3) Division (A)(1) of this section does not apply...

...(A) The provisions of this chapter in effect prior 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...

...doing business. (4) The Ohio life and health insurance guaranty association may require a member insurer to report any offset to the association. (B) A member insurer that is exempt from taxes described in division (A) of this section may recoup its assessments by a surcharge on its premiums in a sum reasonably calculated to recoup the assessments over a reasonable period of time, as approved by the superintenden...

...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 contract, or for which a reimbursement would be available but for the application of contractual limitations, such as a deductible, copayment, coinsurance, waiting period, annual or lifetime maximum, frequency limitatio...

...es pursuant to the contracting entity's health care contract with the participating provider unless one of the following applies: (a) The third party accessing the participating provider's services under the health care contract is an employer or other entity providing coverage for health care services to its employees or members, and that employer or entity has a contract with the contracting entity or its affilia...

...(A) Each health care contract shall include all of the following information: (1)(a) Information sufficient for the participating provider to determine the compensation or payment terms for health care services, including all of the following, subject to division (A)(1)(b) of this section: (i) The manner of payment, such as fee-for-service, capitation, or risk; (ii) The fee schedule of procedure codes reasonabl...

...(A)(1) If an amendment to a health care contract is not a material amendment, the contracting entity shall provide the participating provider notice of the amendment at least fifteen days prior to the effective date of the amendment. The contracting entity shall provide all other notices to the participating provider pursuant to the health care contract. (2) A material amendment to a health care contract shall...

... by the council for affordable quality healthcare (CAQH) in electronic or paper format for physicians. The department of insurance also shall prepare the standard credentialing form for all other providers and shall make the standard credentialing form as simple, straightforward, and easy to use as possible, having due regard for those credentialing forms that are widely in use in the state by contracting e...

...he terms of the contract for any basic health care services, specialty health care services, or supplemental health care services the provider provided to enrollees starting at the expiration of that ninety-day period until the provider's credentialing application is granted or denied. When the credentialing process of the contracting entity exceeds the ninety-day period, the contracting entity shall sele...

...(A) All remittance notices sent by a payer, whether written or electronic, shall include both of the following: (1) The name of the payer issuing the payment to the participating provider; (2) The name of the contracting entity through which the payment rate and any discount are claimed, if the contracting entity is different from the payer. (B) Division (A) of this section takes effect March 31, 2009.

...The superintendent of insurance shall adopt any rules necessary for the implementation of this chapter.

...(A) A series of violations of this chapter by any person regulated by the department of insurance under Title XVII or Title XXXIX of the Revised Code that, taken together, constitute a pattern or practice of violating this chapter may be defined as an unfair and deceptive insurance practice under sections 3901.19 to 3901.26 of the Revised Code. (B) The superintendent of insurance may conduct a market conduct ...

...a state agency, or federal agency for health care services provided through a program for medicaid or medicare; (B) A contract for payments made to providers for rendering health care services to claimants pursuant to claims made under Chapter 4121., 4123., 4127., or 4131. of the Revised Code; (C) An exclusive contract between a health insuring corporation and a single group of providers in a specific geo...

... following: (1) Offer to a provider a health care contract that includes a most favored nation clause; (2) Enter into a health care contract with a provider that includes a most favored nation clause; (3) Amend or renew an existing health care contract previously entered into with a provider so that the contract as amended or renewed adds or continues to include a most favored nation clause. (B) As used in ...

...act entered into between an owner and a home construction service supplier under which payment to the supplier is based on the cost of a product plus the supplier's rate for labor to install the product plus an agreed percentage of profit or a stipulated fee. (B) "Home construction service" means the construction of a residential building, including the creation of a new structure and the repair, improvement, remod...

...ed in division (C) of this section, no home construction service supplier shall perform any home construction service the cost of which equals or exceeds twenty-five thousand dollars unless the supplier enters into a written home construction services contract with the owner. The contract shall include all agreements and conditions related to the home construction service, including all of the following: (1) ...

...(A) No home construction service supplier shall do any of the following: (1) Prior to commencing work related to the home construction service, fail to enter into a written contract that complies with this chapter; (2) After entering into a contract with an owner and prior to commencing any work that is related to an excess cost, fail to provide an estimate of the excess costs as this chapter requires; (3) A...

...A home construction service supplier may take as a down payment not more than ten per cent of the contract price before the supplier's performance that is required by the contract begins, except a supplier may take as a down payment not more than seventy-five per cent of the total cost of any special order item that is otherwise not returnable or usable before the supplier's performance that is required by the ...

...(A) If, by the attorney general's own inquiries or as a result of complaints, the attorney general has reasonable cause to believe that a person has engaged or is engaging in an act or practice that violates this chapter, the attorney general may investigate. (B) For this purpose, the attorney general may administer oaths, subpoena witnesses, adduce evidence, and require the production of relevant matter. If...

...n behalf of owners who have engaged in home construction service contracts in this state for damage caused by an act or practice described in this chapter. (B) On motion of the attorney general and without bond, in the attorney general's action under this section, the court may make appropriate orders, including appointment of a referee or a receiver, for sequestration of assets, to reimburse owners found to ...