Bill Text: OR HB3072 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to health insurance; declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB3072 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-HB3072-Introduced.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
 { +  braces and plus signs + } .

LC 2085

                         House Bill 3072

Sponsored by Representative FREDERICK; Representatives BARTON,
  BOONE, DOHERTY, GREENLICK, KOMP, WILLIAMSON, WITT

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Requires insurer to notify affected policyholders, and persons
who requested notification, of rate filing for certain premium
rate increases.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to health insurance; creating new provisions; amending
  ORS 743.019; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 743.019 is amended to read:
  743.019. (1) When an insurer files  { + for approval by the
Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services + }
a schedule or table of premium rates for { +  an + } individual,
 { + a + } portability or  { + a + } small employer health
 { - insurance under ORS 743.018 - }  { +  benefit plan as
defined in ORS 743.730 + }, the director   { - of the Department
of Consumer and Business Services - }  shall open a 30-day public
comment period on the rate filing that begins on the date the
insurer files the schedule or table of premium rates. The
director shall post all comments to the website of the Department
of Consumer and Business Services without delay.
   { +  (2) If a rate filing represents an average premium rate
increase of seven percent or more and affects 1,000 or more
enrollees in the individual and small employer markets, the
insurer shall, within three business days after the filing,
notify all policyholders affected by the filing and all persons
who have requested notification of a filing. The notice must
include:
  (a) A statement of the average proposed increase in rates and
the range of proposed rate increases, calculated as percentages;
  (b) Instructions for accessing information about the rate
increase at the department's website; and
  (c) Instructions for providing public comment on the rate
filing. + }
    { - (2) - }  { +  (3) + } The director shall give written
notice to an insurer approving or disapproving a rate filing or,
with the written consent of the insurer, modifying a rate filing
 { - submitted under ORS 743.018 - }  { + , + } no later than 10
business days after the close of the public comment period. The
notice shall comply with the requirements of ORS 183.415.
  SECTION 2.  { + The amendments to ORS 743.019 by section 1 of
this 2013 Act apply to rate filings for periods of coverage that
begin on or after the effective date of this 2013 Act. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + This 2013 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2013 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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