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...(A) No person may act as an administrator without a written agreement between the administrator and the plan sponsor. Such written agreement shall be retained as part of the official records of the administrator for the duration of the agreement and for five years thereafter. Each such agreement shall contain, at a minimum, all of the following information: (1) The term of the agreement; (2) An explanation of the s...

... (A)(1)(a) In each contract between a pharmacy benefit manager and a pharmacy, the pharmacy shall be given the right to obtain from the pharmacy benefit manager, within ten days after any request, a current list of the sources used to determine maximum allowable cost pricing. In each contract between a pharmacy benefit manager and a pharmacy, the pharmacy benefit manager shall be obligated to update and implement the...

... (A) Any license issued under sections 3959.01 to 3959.16 of the Revised Code may be suspended for a period not to exceed two years, revoked, or not renewed by the superintendent of insurance after notice to the licensee and hearing in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The superintendent may suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a license if upon investigation and proof the superintendent finds that the...

...Any person who, while licensed as an administrator, is convicted of a felony, shall report the conviction to the superintendent of insurance within thirty days of the entry date of the judgment of conviction. Within that thirty-day period, the person shall also provide the superintendent with a copy of the judgment, the commitment order or the order imposing a community control sanction, and any other relevant docu...

...No administrator shall do any of the following: (A) Use plan sponsor funds for any purpose or purposes not specifically set forth in written form by the administrator; (B) Fail to disclose in written solicitation material and on an on-going basis, at least once annually, to the plan sponsor all of the following: (1) All fixed plan costs, identifying what each fixed cost includes; (2) Levels of the specific excess...

...(A) Administrators shall maintain detailed books and records that reflect all administered transactions specifically in regard to premiums or contributions received and deposited and claims and authorized expenses paid. (B) The detailed preparation, journalizing, and posting of such books and records shall be made in accordance with the terms and conditions of the service agreement between the administrator and the ...

...Sections 3959.01 to 3959.16 of the Revised Code do not apply to an employer's self-insurance plan to the extent that federal law supersedes, preempts, prohibits, or otherwise precludes the application of any provisions of those sections to such plan.

...On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the superintendent of insurance shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a license issued pursuant to this chapter.

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Cost-sharing" means the cost to an individual insured 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" and "health plan issuer" have the same meanings as in section 3922.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Pharmacy audit" has the same meaning as in...

... No health plan issuer, pharmacy benefit manager, or any other administrator shall prohibit a pharmacy from mailing or delivering drugs to patients as an ancillary service.

...A person who violates section 3959.05 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.

...As used in sections 3960.01 to 3960.13 of the Revised Code: (A) "Completed operations liability" means liability arising out of the installation, maintenance, or repair of any product at a site that is not owned or controlled by either a person who performs that work or a person who hires an independent contractor to perform the work. "Completed operations liability" includes liability for activities that are comple...

...(A) No risk retention group organized under the laws of this state shall transact business in this state unless both of the following apply: (1) It has capital and surplus in an amount of not less than two million five hundred thousand dollars, and the superintendent of insurance issues a certificate of authority to transact the business of liability insurance as a risk retention group. Section 3960.03 of the Revise...

...All of the following apply to risk retention groups chartered and licensed in states other than this state, that seek to do business as a risk retention group in this state: (A) No risk retention group shall offer insurance in this state unless it has submitted to the superintendent of insurance, in a form satisfactory to the superintendent, all of the following: (1) A statement identifying the state or state...

... (A)(1) Every application form for insurance from a risk retention group and every policy or certificate of insurance issued by a risk retention group shall contain in ten-point type on the front page and the declaration page, the following notice: "Notice This policy is issued by your risk retention group. Your risk retention group may not be subject to all of the insurance laws and regulations of your state. St...

...(A) Sections 3955.01 to 3955.19 of the Revised Code do not apply to risk retention groups. No risk retention group shall be required or permitted to join or contribute financially to the Ohio insurance guaranty association or similar mechanism in this state. No risk retention group, or its insureds or claimants against its insureds, shall receive any benefit from any such association or mechanism for claims arising u...

...(A) A purchasing group and its insurer or insurers are subject to all applicable laws of this state, except that a purchasing group and its insurer or insurers, in regard to liability insurance for the purchasing group, are exempt from any law that does any of the following: (1) Prohibits the establishment of a purchasing group; (2) Makes it unlawful for an insurer to provide or offer to provide insurance on a basi...

... (A) No purchasing group shall conduct business in this state unless it has done both of the following: (1) Issued a notice to the superintendent of insurance that does all of the following: (a) Identifies the state in which the purchasing group is domiciled and all other states in which the group intends to do business; (b) Specifies the lines and classifications of liability insurance that the purchasing grou...

... (A) No purchasing group shall purchase insurance from a risk retention group that is not chartered, or from an insurer that is not admitted to do business, in the state in which the purchasing group is located, unless the purchase is effected through an agent or broker licensed in this state to sell surplus lines. (B)(1) A purchasing group that obtains liability insurance from an insurer not admitted in this state...

...Premium taxes or taxes on premiums paid for coverage of risks resident or located in this state by a purchasing group or any members of the purchasing group shall be imposed and paid in accordance with the following: (A) Imposed at the same rate and subject to the same interest, fines, and penalties as those applicable to premium taxes and taxes on premiums paid for similar coverage from a similar insurance source b...

...(A) The superintendent of insurance may exercise any powers to enforce the insurance laws of this state applicable to risk retention groups and purchasing groups, except those that are specifically preempted by the federal "Product Liability Risk Retention Act of 1981," 95 Stat. 949, 15 U.S.C.A. 3901, as amended by the federal "Risk Retention Amendments of 1986," 100 Stat. 3170, 15 U.S.C.A. 3901, as amended. (B) The...

... (A) No person shall act or aid in any manner in soliciting, negotiating, or procuring liability insurance in this state from a risk retention group unless the person is licensed as an insurance agent or broker in accordance with Chapter 3905. of the Revised Code. (B) No person shall act or aid in any manner in soliciting, negotiating, or procuring liability insurance in this state for a purchasing group from an aut...

...The superintendent of insurance may adopt any rules necessary or desirable for the enforcement of sections 3960.01 to 3960.13 of the Revised Code.

...The superintendent of insurance, after notice and an opportunity for hearing under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may do all of the following: (A) Suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew the certificate of authority of a risk retention group that violates any provision of sections 3960.01 to 3960.13 of the Revised Code for which a specific sanction is not imposed by the law applicable to liability insurance companies...

... As used in sections 3961.01 to 3961.09 of the 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) ...