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Enacted in the 125th Ohio General Assembly - 2003-2004
Current through the end of the 125th General Assembly
Listed below are the insurance-related bills that have been enacted in the 125th Ohio
General Assembly which opened in January 2003 and adjourned in December 2004. Where available we include links to the
actual legislation and analyses from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission.
The bills are listed by number from the most recently introduced to the earliest with
House bills listed first, followed by Senate bills.
You can also use
Find A Bill Online with the
Ohio General Assembly Bills On-Line website to locate bills by number, keyword, or sponsor.
Insurance & Banking Bills Pending and Enacted in the 127th General
Assembly 2007-2008
Insurance & Banking Bills Enacted in the 126th General
Assembly 2005-2006
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H.B. 425 - Mine Subsidence
Sponsored by Representative J. Stewart (R-Athens)
Removes the current limits on mine subsidence coverage and changes provisions governing deductibles, removes
the cap on the amount of reinsurance coverage that the mine subsidence underwriting association may offer, ends
the annual distribution of excess moneys in the mine subsidence insurance fund to policyholders, permits
a representative to be elected to the mine insurance governing board without a meeting of the members, and specifies
the Ohio counties in which mine subsidence insurance must be offered in connection with property and homeowners insurance.
Effective: April 27, 2005
Final
analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
H.B. 331 - Mammography Screening
Sponsored by Representative Jean Schmidt (R-Loveland)
Raises the cap on the amount of benefits health care plans may provide for the expense of screening mammographies, an examination that the plans are required to cover, and provides for the annual adjustment of this cap to
reflect inflation.
Effective: December 24, 2004
Certain sections effective March 22, 2005
Final
analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
H.B. 311 - Prescription Drugs
Sponsored by Representative John Hagan (R-Alliance)
Creates the Ohio's Best Rx Program.
Effective: December 18, 2004
Final
analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
H.B. 301 - Insurance Liens
Sponsored by Representative Anthony Core (R-Rushsylvania)
Limits the duration of a mutual insurance company's lien on property it insures to five years from the
date of filing.
Effective July 14, 2004
Final
analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
H.B. 282 - Insolvent Insurance Companies
Sponsored by Representative Larry Flowers (R-Canal Winchester)
Lengthens the time period during which the liquidator of an insolvent insurance
company may void certain preferential transfers of property by the company to a
creditor. Also creates a Medical Liability Underwriting Association.
Effective: April 12, 2004
Final
analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
H.B. 281 - Health Insuring Corporations
Sponsored by Representative Earl Martin (R)
Changes the assets that are considered to be admitted assets for purposes of meeting the statutory minimum for health insuring corporations, provides for criminal and financial penalties for persons establishing or operating unlicensed insurers, and amends provisions governing the issuance of certificates of compliance to insurers.
Effective: July 2, 2004
Final
analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
H.B. 185 - Long Term Care Insurance
Sponsored by Representative Jean Schmidt (R-Loveland)
Permits the state and political subdivisions to pay some or all of the premium for their
employees’ long-term care insurance.
Effective: August 31, 2004
Final
analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
H.B. 139 - Financial Responsibility Law
Sponsored by Representative Geoffrey Smith (R)
Specifies that policies under the Financial Responsibility Law remain subject to their terms and conditions.
Effective: February 12, 2004
Final analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
H.B. 137 - Foreign Insurance Companies
Sponsored by Representative Geoffrey Smith (R)
Relative to the appointment of agents by foreign insurance companies doing business in Ohio.
Effective: October 29, 2003
Final analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
S.B. 187 - Deferred Annuities
Sponsored by Senator Scott Nein (R-Middletown)
Adopts a new formula for determining the minimum nonforfeiture value of an individual
deferred annuity, requires insurance companies to obtain the Superintendent of Insurance's approval prior to
deferring the payment of a cash surrender benefit, prohibits the delivery or use of an annuity contract and
its related endorsements for thirty days after the form of the contract or endorsement is filed with the
Superintendent, unless earlier approved by the Superintendent, to allow immediate appeals of final orders of
courts pertaining to the constitutionality of provisions of Am. Sub. S.B. 281 of the 124th General Assembly, and differentiates provisions for the cancellation, termination, and nonrenewal of policies of medical malpractice insurance from those provisions regulating other policies of insurance, and to amend the version of section 3915.073 of the
Revised Code as results from this act two years after the act's effective date.
Effective September 13, 2004
Certain sections September 13, 2006
Final
analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
S.B. 43 - Prescription Drug ID Card
Sponsored by Senator Robert Spada (R)
Requires health care plans providing prescription drug benefits to use a standardized identification card or other standardized technology in the processing of claims.
Effective October 13, 2005
Certain provisions effective October 13, 2004
Final
analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
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