Bill Text: OH SB376 | 2011-2012 | 129th General Assembly | Introduced

Ohio Senate Bill 376 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: To require insurance providers to cover human papillomavirus screenings and vaccines.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-09-20 - To Insurance, Commerce, & Labor [SB376 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2011-SB376-Introduced.html

As Introduced

129th General Assembly

Regular Session

2011-2012

S. B. No. 376

Senators Schiavoni, Brown

Cosponsor: Senator Sawyer

A BILL

To amend section 1739.05 and to enact sections

1751.621 and 3923.521 of the Revised Code to

require insurance providers to cover human

papillomavirus screenings and vaccines.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1. That section 1739.05 be amended and sections	5
1751.621 and 3923.521 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as	6
follows:	7

Sec. 1739.05. (A) A multiple employer welfare arrangement	8
that is created pursuant to sections 1739.01 to 1739.22 of the	9
Revised Code and that operates a group self-insurance program may	10
be established only if any of the following applies:	11

(1) The arrangement has and maintains a minimum enrollment of	12
three hundred employees of two or more employers.	13

(2) The arrangement has and maintains a minimum enrollment of	14
three hundred self-employed individuals.	15

(3) The arrangement has and maintains a minimum enrollment of	16
three hundred employees or self-employed individuals in any	17
combination of divisions (A)(1) and (2) of this section.	18

(B) A multiple employer welfare arrangement that is created	19
pursuant to sections 1739.01 to 1739.22 of the Revised Code and	20
that operates a group self-insurance program shall comply with all	21
laws applicable to self-funded programs in this state, including	22
sections 3901.04, 3901.041, 3901.19 to 3901.26, 3901.38, 3901.381	23
to 3901.3814, 3901.40, 3901.45, 3901.46, 3902.01 to 3902.14,	24
3923.24, 3923.282, 3923.30, 3923.301, 3923.38, 3923.521, 3923.581,	25
3923.63, 3923.80, 3924.031, 3924.032, and 3924.27 of the Revised	26
Code.	27

(C) A multiple employer welfare arrangement created pursuant	28
to sections 1739.01 to 1739.22 of the Revised Code shall solicit	29
enrollments only through agents or solicitors licensed pursuant to	30
Chapter 3905. of the Revised Code to sell or solicit sickness and	31
accident insurance.	32

(D) A multiple employer welfare arrangement created pursuant	33
to sections 1739.01 to 1739.22 of the Revised Code shall provide	34
benefits only to individuals who are members, employees of	35
members, or the dependents of members or employees, or are	36
eligible for continuation of coverage under section 1751.53 or	37
3923.38 of the Revised Code or under Title X of the "Consolidated	38
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985," 100 Stat. 227, 29	39
U.S.C.A. 1161, as amended.	40

Sec. 1751.621. Every individual or group health insuring	41
corporation policy, contract, or agreement providing basic health	42
care services that is delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed	43
in this state shall provide benefits covering expenses related to	44
screenings and vaccinations for human papillomavirus as prescribed	45
in guidance issued by the United States center for disease control	46
and prevention.	47

Sec. 3923.521. Notwithstanding section 3901.71 of the	48
Revised Code, each individual or group policy of sickness and	49
accident insurance that is delivered, issued for delivery, or	50
renewed in this state and each public employee benefit plan that	51
is established or modified in this state shall provide benefits	52
covering expenses related to screenings and vaccinations for human	53
papillomavirus as prescribed in guidance issued by the United	54
States center for disease control and prevention.	55