Bill Title: To prohibit requiring an individual to obtain or maintain a policy of health insurance.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-24 - To Insurance, Commerce, & Labor
[SB244 Detail]Download: Ohio-2009-SB244-Introduced.html
As Introduced
| 128th General Assembly | | Regular Session | | 2009-2010 |
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Cosponsors:
Senators Buehrer, Carey, Gibbs, Schaffer, Seitz
A BILL
| To enact section 3901.711 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
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prohibit requiring an individual to obtain or | 2 |
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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 |
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enacted to read as follows: | 5 |
| Sec. 3901.711. (A)(1) No individual who is a resident of this | 6 |
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state, regardless of whether the individual has or is eligible for | 7 |
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health insurance coverage under any policy or program provided by | 8 |
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or through the individual's employer, or a plan sponsored by this | 9 |
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state or the federal government, shall be required to obtain or | 10 |
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maintain a policy of individual health insurance coverage. | 11 |
| (2) No provision of Chapter 1751. or Title XXXIX of the | 12 |
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Revised Code shall render an individual who is a resident of this | 13 |
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state liable for any penalty, assessment, fee, or fine as a result | 14 |
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of the individual's failure to procure or obtain health insurance | 15 |
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coverage. | 16 |
| (3) No public official, employee, or agent of this state or | 17 |
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any political subdivision shall impose, collect, enforce, or | 18 |
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effectuate any penalty as a result of the failure of an individual | 19 |
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who is a resident of this state to procure or obtain health | 20 |
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insurance coverage. | 21 |
| (B) The attorney general shall seek injunctive or any other | 22 |
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appropriate relief as expeditiously as possible to preserve the | 23 |
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rights and property of the residents of this state, and to defend | 24 |
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as necessary this state, its officials, employees and agents in | 25 |
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the event that any government, subdivision, or government agency | 26 |
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enacts or adopts any law, rule, or regulation that violates | 27 |
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division (A) of this section. | 28 |
| (C) This section shall not apply to individuals voluntarily | 29 |
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applying for coverage under the medicaid program established under | 30 |
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Chapter 5111. of the Revised Code or the children's health | 31 |
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insurance program established under sections 5101.50 to 5101.529 | 32 |
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of the Revised Code. | 33 |
