Bill Text: OH HB527 | 2009-2010 | 128th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: To prohibit auto insurers from requiring, recommending, or suggesting that a claimant on a policy have the claimant's vehicle repaired at a particular repair shop or by a particular person unless the claimant requests a recommendation or suggestion.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-24 - To Insurance [HB527 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2009-HB527-Introduced.html
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Representative Pryor
Cosponsors:
Representatives Garrison, Hagan, Yuko
To enact section 3937.381 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
prohibit auto insurers from requiring, | 2 |
recommending, or suggesting that a claimant on a | 3 |
policy have the claimant's vehicle repaired at a | 4 |
particular repair shop or by a particular person | 5 |
unless the claimant requests a recommendation or | 6 |
suggestion. | 7 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 3937.381 of the Revised Code be | 8 |
enacted to read as follows: | 9 |
Sec. 3937.381. No insurer shall require a claimant on an | 10 |
automobile insurance policy to have the claimant's vehicle | 11 |
repaired at a particular repair shop or by a particular person. | 12 |
No insurer shall recommend or suggest that repairs of the | 13 |
claimant's vehicle be completed at a particular repair shop or by | 14 |
a particular person unless the claimant requests such a | 15 |
recommendation or suggestion. | 16 |
A violation of this section is an unfair and deceptive act or | 17 |
practice in the business of insurance under sections 3901.19 to | 18 |
3901.26 of the Revised Code. | 19 |