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...(A) The superintendent of insurance shall adopt the forms, instructions, and manuals prescribed by the national association of insurance commissioners, for the preparation and filing of statutory financial statements and other financial information. However, the superintendent may by rule adopt modifications to the prescribed forms, instructions, and manuals as the superintendent considers necessary. (B) For circu...

... Upon request or in any other circumstance that the superintendent of insurance determines to be appropriate, the superintendent may issue certificates of compliance to insurance companies and associations authorized to do business in this state, which shall be on either forms established by the national association of insurance commissioners or on such other forms as the superintendent may prescribe.

... (A) As used in this section: (1) "Living organ donor" means a living person who donates an organ to another living person. (2) "Policy of insurance" means a life insurance policy, disability insurance policy, or long-term care insurance policy. (B) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, an insurer shall not unfairly discriminate against a living organ donor in the offering, issuance, premium...

...As used in this section and sections 3901.811 to 3901.815 of the Revised Code: (A) "Auditing entity" means any person or government entity that performs a pharmacy audit, including a payer, a pharmacy benefit manager, or a third-party administrator licensed under Chapter 3959. of the Revised Code. (B) "Business day" means any day of the week excluding Saturday, Sunday, and a legal holiday, as defined in section 1.1...

... (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, an auditing entity is subject to all of the following conditions when performing a pharmacy audit in this state: (1) If it is necessary that the pharmacy audit be performed on the premises of a pharmacy, the auditing entity shall give the pharmacy that is the subject of the audit written notice of the date or dates on which the audit will be performed and the...

...A pharmacy may do any of the following when a pharmacy audit is performed: (A) Validate a pharmacy record by using original or photocopied records from hospitals, physicians, or other health care providers; (B) Validate one or more claims for payment for the provision of dangerous drugs or pharmacy services by using either of the following: (1) An original pharmacy record or photocopy of the record; (2) An origin...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, all of the following apply after a pharmacy audit is completed: (1) A pharmacy shall be given not less than thirty days from the date of the on-site audit to provide the auditing entity any additional information necessary to complete the preliminary audit report. (2) Not later than sixty business days after the audit is completed, the auditing entity shall de...

...Each auditing entity in this state shall establish in writing separate procedures for a pharmacy to appeal one or more findings in a preliminary audit report issued under section 3901.813 of the Revised Code.

...Sections 3901.811 to 3901.814 of the Revised Code shall not apply to an auditing entity that is a medicaid managed care organization if application of those sections to the entity would be in violation of federal law.

... The "Restatement of the Law, Liability Insurance" that was approved at the 2018 annual meeting of the American law institute does not constitute the public policy of this state and is not an appropriate subject of notice.

... As used in sections 3901.83 to 3901.833 of the Revised Code: (A) "Clinical practice guidelines" means a systematically developed statement to assist health care provider and patient decisions with regard to appropriate health care for specific clinical circumstances and conditions. (B) "Clinical review criteria" means the written screening procedures, decision abstracts, clinical protocols, and clinical practic...

... (A) If a health plan issuer or a utilization review organization implements a step therapy protocol, that protocol shall be implemented via clinical review criteria that are based on clinical practice guidelines or medical or scientific evidence. (B) When establishing a step therapy protocol, a health plan issuer and a utilization review organization shall also take into account the needs of atypical patient popu...

...(A)(1)(a) When coverage of a prescription drug for the treatment of any medical condition is restricted for use by a health plan issuer or utilization review organization through the use of a step therapy protocol, the health plan issuer or utilization review organization shall provide the prescribing health care provider access to a clear, easily accessible, and convenient process to request a step therapy exemption...

... The superintendent of insurance may adopt rules as necessary to enforce sections 3901.83 to 3901.833 of the Revised Code.

...(A) When the laws of any other state, district, territory, or nation impose any taxes, fines, penalties, license fees, deposits of money, securities, or other obligations or prohibitions on insurance companies of this state doing business in that state, district, territory, or nation, or upon their agents therein, the same obligations and prohibitions shall be imposed upon insurance companies of the other state, di...

... (A) No qualified health plan shall provide coverage for a nontherapeutic abortion. (B) As used in this section: (1) "Nontherapeutic abortion" has the same meaning as in section 9.04 of the Revised Code. (2) "Qualified health plan" means any qualified health plan as defined in section 1301 of the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act," 42 U.S.C. 18021, offered in this state through an exchange created und...

...The superintendent of insurance shall conduct an actuarial study on the costs of all health care mandates under state law that apply to individual and group health insurance plans that are not subject to the "Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974," 29 U.S.C. 1001, et seq. This study shall be delivered electronically to the governor, the senate president, and the speaker of the house not later than two years...

... (A) As used in this section: (1) "Full-time employee" means an employee working an average of at least thirty hours of service per week during a calendar month, or at least one hundred thirty hours of service during the calendar month. (2) "Group policyholder" means a policyholder for a health insurance policy covering fifty or more full-time employees. "Group policyholder" includes an authorized representative ...

...The superintendent of insurance, in consultation with the director of mental health and addiction services, shall develop consumer and payer education on mental health and addiction services insurance parity and establish and promote a consumer hotline to collect information and help consumers understand and access their insurance benefits. The department of insurance and the department of mental health and addictio...

... When the superintendent of insurance adopts or amends a rule, including a rule related to the superintendent's duties and powers under Chapters 1751. and 1753. and Title XXXIX of the Revised Code or a rule related to an "insurance rating agency" as defined by section 1.65 of the Revised Code, the superintendent shall give consideration to the inclusion in the rule of the definition of "insurance rating agency" foun...

...A direct primary care agreement that meets all of the following shall not be considered insurance and nothing in Title XXXIX or Chapter 1739., 1751., or 1753. of the Revised Code shall apply to such an agreement: (A) It is in writing. (B) It is between a patient, or that patient's legal representative, and a health care provider and is related to services to be provided in exchange for the payment of a fee to be ...

...(A) Whoever violates section 3901.09 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than five hundred dollars. (B) Whoever violates any law relating to the superintendent of insurance, or any law of this state relating to insurance as defined in division (A)(1) of section 3901.04 of the Revised Code, for the violation of which no penalty is otherwise provided in the Revised Code, shall be fine...

...(A) The purpose of sections 3902.01 to 3902.08 of the Revised Code is to establish 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 read...

...As used in sections 3902.01 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 compan...

...(A) Sections 3902.01 to 3902.08 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 credi...