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...The director of environmental protection may issue orders requiring an owner or operator who is subject to this chapter to abate a violation of section 3753.06 of the Revised Code. The director may issue such orders as final orders without issuing a proposed action under section 3745.07 of the Revised Code and, notwithstanding section 119.06 of the Revised Code, without the necessity to hold an adjudication hearing. ...

...n twenty-five thousand dollars for each day of each violation. The attorney general or the prosecuting attorney of the county or director of law of the city where a violation of that section has occurred or is occurring, upon written request of the director, shall bring an action for the imposition of a civil penalty under this division against any person who has committed or is committing any such violation. Moneys...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Harm" means injury to, death of, or loss to person or property. (2) "Tort action" means a civil action for damages for harm, but does not include a civil action for damages for a breach of contract or other agreement between persons or for a breach of a warranty that exists pursuant to the Revised Code or the common law of this state. (B) The state, and any officer or employee of ...

...r not more than one year, or both. Each day of violation is a separate offense.

...l in the plan or, if earlier, the first day of the waiting period for such enrollment. (L) "Service waiting period" means the period of time after employment begins before an employee is eligible to be covered for benefits under the terms of any applicable health benefit plan offered by the small employer. (M)(1) "Small employer" means, in connection with a group health benefit plan and with respect to a calendar...

...(A) An individual or group health benefit plan is subject to sections 3924.01 to 3924.06 of the Revised Code if it provides health care benefits covering at least two but no more than fifty employees of a small employer, and if it meets either of the following conditions: (1) Any portion of the premium or benefits is paid by a small employer, or any covered individual is reimbursed, whether through wage adjustments...

...nrollment date, there was a sixty-three-day period during all of which the individual was not covered under any creditable coverage. Subsections (c)(2) to (4) and (e) of section 2701 of the "Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996" apply with respect to crediting previous coverage. (4) As used in division (A) of this section: (a) "Creditable coverage" has the same meaning as in section 2701(c)(1...

...ce area for at least one hundred eighty days after the date the coverage is denied.

...s state for at least one hundred eighty days after the date the coverage is denied or until the carrier has demonstrated to the superintendent that the carrier has sufficient financial reserves to underwrite additional coverage, whichever is later. (C) The superintendent may provide for the application of this section on a service-area-specific basis.

...ployer, as part of its solicitation and sales materials, the following information: (1) The provisions of the plan concerning the carrier's right to change premium rates and the factors that may affect changes in premium rates; (2) The provisions of the plan relating to renewability of coverage; (3) The provisions of the plan relating to any pre-existing condition exclusion; (4) The benefits and premiums availabl...

...se premium rate measured from the first day of the prior rating period to the first day of the new rating period; (b) Any adjustment due to change in case characteristics or plan design of the small employer, as determined by the carrier. (4) For purposes of this section, a small employer carrier shall treat all health benefit plans issued or renewed in the same calendar month as having the same rating period. (B)...

...(A) Compliance with the underwriting and rating requirements contained in sections 3924.01 to 3924.06 of the Revised Code shall be demonstrated through actuarial certification. Carriers offering health benefit plans to small employers shall file annually with the superintendent of insurance an actuarial certification stating that the underwriting and rating methods of the carrier do all of the following: (1) Compl...

... the error at any time after the thirty-day period immediately following the date on which the third-party payer makes payment to the provider or hospital for the item or service, the provider or hospital shall refund to the beneficiary an amount equal to fifteen per cent of the amount overcharged. (C) A provider or hospital shall not be required to comply with division (B) of this section if, at the time the third-...

...(A) As used in this section, "employer" means any person who employs an individual. (B) No employer shall engage in any act or practice that, due solely to the actual or expected health condition of one or more individuals, excludes or causes the exclusion of any individual from coverage under an existing employer-provided policy, contract, or plan of health benefits for which the individual would otherwise be eligi...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Carrier," "dependent," and "health benefit plan" have the same meanings as in section 3924.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Health status-related factor" means any of the following: (a) Health status; (b) Medical condition, including both physical and mental illnesses; (c) Claims experience; (d) Receipt of health care; (e) Medical history; (f) Genetic information; (g) Evidence o...