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..."Compacting state" means either of the following: a. Any state that has enacted the compact and which has not withdrawn or been suspended pursuant to Article XIV of the compact; b. The federal government in accordance with the commission's bylaws. 2. "Compact" means the Solemn Covenant of the States to Award Prizes for Curing Diseases enacted in this section. 3. "Non-compacting state" means any state or the f...

...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 reading by insureds and subscribers. (B) Sections 3902.01 to 3902.08 of the Revised Co...

... to 3902.08 of the Revised Code: (A) "Policy" or "policy form" means any policy, contract, plan or agreement of life insurance and annuities, credit life insurance and credit disability insurance, and sickness and accident insurance, and subscriber policies, contracts, certificates, and agreements of health insuring corporations, delivered or issued for delivery in this state by any company subject to sections 3902....

...02.08 of the Revised Code apply to all policies delivered or issued for delivery in this state by any company on or after the date such forms must be approved under sections 3902.01 to 3902.08 of the Revised Code. Sections 3902.01 to 3902.08 of the Revised Code do not apply to: (1) Any policy that is a security subject to federal jurisdiction; (2) Any group policy, other than a group credit life insurance policy, o...

...(A) No policy forms, except as stated in section 3902.03 of the Revised Code, shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this state on or after the dates such forms must be approved under sections 3902.01 to 3902.08 of the Revised Code, unless: (1) The text achieves a minimum score of forty on the Flesch reading ease test, or an equivalent score on any other comparable test as provided in division (C) of this sect...

...s state permitting the issuance of any policy form after it has been on file for the time period specified.

...ds 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 policy form or type or class of policy forms; (C) The lower score is caused by certain policy language that is drafted to conform to the requirements of any law, rule, or agency interpretation.

...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.

...02.08 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 policy form that has been approved or permitted to be issued prior to January 9, 1985, and...

...n of health coverage" means any of the following if the policy, contract, or agreement contains a coordination of benefits provision: (1) An individual or group sickness and accident insurance policy, which policy provides for hospital, dental, surgical, or medical services; (2) Any individual or group contract of a health insuring corporation, which contract provides for hospital, dental, surgical, or medical serv...

...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.

...der of benefits using the first of the following that applies: (1) A plan that does not coordinate with other plans is always the primary plan. (2) The benefits of the plan that covers a person as an employee, member, insured, or subscriber, other than a dependent, is the primary plan. The plan that covers the person as a dependent is the secondary plan. (3) When more than one plan covers the same child as a depen...

...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.

...all not exclude coverage for a service solely because it is provided as a telehealth service. (3) A health plan issuer shall reimburse a health care professional for a telehealth service that is covered under a patient's health benefit plan. Division (B)(3) of this section shall not be construed to require a specific reimbursement amount. (C) A health benefit plan shall not impose any annual or lifetime benefit ...

... a provider is void and against public policy if it does either of the following: (a) Establishes a minimum amount that the provider is required to charge an individual for a health service when that individual pays in full for the service; (b) Prohibits a provider from advertising the provider's rates for a service. (2) Division (B)(1)(b) of this section shall not be construed as prohibiting a provision in a c...

...ion Equity Act and shall do all of the following: (1) Proactively ensure compliance by health plan issuers; (2) Evaluate all consumer and provider complaints regarding mental health and substance use disorder benefits for possible parity violations; (3) Adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as necessary to do both of the following: (a) Effectuate any provisions of the Mental Health P...

... "Emergency services" means all of the following as described in 42 U.S.C. 1395dd: (1) Medical screening examinations undertaken to determine whether an emergency medical condition exists; (2) Treatment necessary to stabilize an emergency medical condition; (3) Appropriate transfers undertaken prior to an emergency medical condition being stabilized. (I) "Health care practitioner" has the same meaning as in s...

...d 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 an out-of-network emergency facility: (i) An out-of-network provider; (ii) The out-of...

... eligible for arbitration, both of the following must apply: (a) The service in question was provided not more than one year prior to the request. (b) The billed amount exceeds seven hundred fifty dollars, except as provided in division (A)(2)(b) of this section. (2)(a) In seeking arbitration, a provider, facility, emergency facility, or ambulance may bundle up to fifteen claims with respect to the same health ...

...) A pattern of continuous or repeated violations of section 3902.51 or 3902.52 of the Revised Code by a health plan issuer is an unfair and deceptive act or practice in the business of insurance under sections 3901.19 to 3901.26 of the Revised Code. (C) A provider who violates section 3902.51 or 3902.52 of the Revised Code shall be subject to professional discipline under Title XLVII of the Revised Code as applicab...

...r financial connection with any of the following: (a) The health plan issuer involved in a dispute; (b) An officer, director, or employee of the health plan issuer; (c) A provider, facility, emergency facility, ambulance, medical group, or independent practice organization involved with the service in question; (d) The development or manufacture of any principal drug, device, procedure, or other therapy in di...

...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...