Amendment No. am_136_0348

S. B. No. 100

As Introduced

__________________________ moved to amend as follows:

In line 6, delete ", a "nonprofit" and insert ":

(1) "Nonprofit"

In line 10, delete "(1)" and insert "(a)"

In line 13, delete "(2)" and insert "(b)"

After line 16, insert:

"(2) "Material marketing" means the official written materials and verbal communications provided to, or directed at, prospective members and members' families for advertising or marketing purposes."

In line 17, delete "A nonprofit agricultural membership organization is"

Delete lines 18 and 19

In line 21, delete "to the organization's members" and insert "that meets all of the following"; after "not" insert "subject to Title XXXIX or Chapter 1739., 1751., or 1753. of the Revised Code and shall not be considered"

In line 22, delete "and is not a health benefit contract"

In line 23, delete "." and insert ":

(1) The healthcare benefit coverage is provided by a nonprofit agricultural membership organization to the organization's members;

(2) The application for healthcare benefit coverage and any contract provided to a member is in writing;

(3) The application for healthcare benefit coverage and any contract provided to a member prominently states both of the following:

(a) The healthcare benefit coverage is not insurance;

(b) The healthcare benefit coverage is not subject to the laws and rules of this state governing insurance."

In line 24, after "(C)" insert "A nonprofit agricultural membership organization shall not represent that healthcare benefit coverage provided by the organization is insurance in any material marketing.

(D)"

The motion was __________ agreed to.

SYNOPSIS

Nonprofit agricultural membership organizations

R.C. 3901.96

Specifies that healthcare benefit coverage provided by a nonprofit agricultural membership organization, as opposed to the organization itself, is exempt from state insurance laws.

Prohibits a nonprofit agricultural membership organization from representing that the healthcare benefit coverage it provides to its members is insurance in any official written materials or verbal communications to current or prospective members and their families ("material marketing").

Requires, as a condition of the exemption, that the application for healthcare benefit coverage and any contract provided to a member be in writing and prominently state that the coverage is not insurance and is not subject to state insurance laws.

Adds references to the Physician-Health Plan Partnership Act and the law governing multiple employer welfare agreements to the list of state insurance laws from which the healthcare benefit coverage is exempted.