Bill Text: OH HB489 | 2009-2010 | 128th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: To prohibit requiring an individual to obtain or maintain a policy of health insurance.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 30-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-14 - To Health [HB489 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2009-HB489-Introduced.html
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Representatives Boose, Sears
Cosponsors:
Representatives Adams, J., Adams, R., Amstutz, Bacon, Baker, Blair, Bubp, Burke, Coley, Combs, Derickson, Evans, Goodwin, Grossman, Hite, Hottinger, Huffman, Jordan, Lehner, Maag, Martin, McGregor, Mecklenborg, Morgan, Ruhl, Stautberg, Stebelton, Wachtmann
To enact section 3901.711 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
prohibit requiring an individual to obtain or | 2 |
maintain a policy of health insurance. | 3 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 3901.711 of the Revised Code be | 4 |
enacted to read as follows: | 5 |
Sec. 3901.711. (A)(1) No individual who is a resident of this | 6 |
state, regardless of whether the individual has or is eligible for | 7 |
health insurance coverage under any policy or program provided by | 8 |
or through the individual's employer, or a plan sponsored by this | 9 |
state or the federal government, shall be required to obtain or | 10 |
maintain a policy of individual health insurance coverage. | 11 |
(2) No provision of Chapter 1751. or Title XXXIX of the | 12 |
Revised Code shall render an individual who is a resident of this | 13 |
state liable for any penalty, assessment, fee, or fine as a result | 14 |
of the individual's failure to procure or obtain health insurance | 15 |
coverage. | 16 |
(3) No public official, employee, or agent of this state or | 17 |
any political subdivision shall impose, collect, enforce, or | 18 |
effectuate any penalty as a result of the failure of an individual | 19 |
who is a resident of this state to procure or obtain health | 20 |
insurance coverage. | 21 |
(B) The attorney general shall seek injunctive or any other | 22 |
appropriate relief as expeditiously as possible to preserve the | 23 |
rights and property of the residents of this state, and to defend | 24 |
as necessary this state, its officials, employees and agents in | 25 |
the event that any government, subdivision, or government agency | 26 |
enacts or adopts any law, rule, or regulation that violates | 27 |
division (A) of this section. | 28 |
(C) This section shall not apply to individuals voluntarily | 29 |
applying for coverage under the medicaid program established under | 30 |
Chapter 5111. of the Revised Code or the children's health | 31 |
insurance program established under sections 5101.50 to 5101.529 | 32 |
of the Revised Code. | 33 |