Various insurance matters.
Summary
Requires a state employee health plan, a policy of accident and sickness insurance, and a health maintenance organization contract to provide coverage for pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections (PANDAS) and pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS), including treatment with intravenous immunoglobulin therapy. Makes changes in the law concerning the permissible investments of life insurance companies and casualty, fire, and marine insurance companies. Provides that an insurance administrator may pay claims via electronic payment. Exempts an individual from the prelicensing course, state license examination, and continuing education requirements for licensed independent adjusters if the individual holds a current claims certification issued by a national or state claims association whose certification program meets certain conditions. Provides that a multiple employer welfare arrangement may be established through an interlocal cooperation agreement. Adopts the insurance data security model law, which requires certain holders of an insurance license, authority, or registration to maintain an information security program and meet other requirements. Establishes an affirmative defense to a tort civil action for a licensee that satisfies the requirements of the insurance data security model law. Adopts a new model law on credit for reinsurance. Provides that a rejection of uninsured motorist coverage or underinsured motorist coverage in an underlying personal policy is also a rejection of uninsured motorist coverage or underinsured motorist coverage in a personal umbrella or excess liability policy. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee the task of studying medical payment coverage, including: (1) whether medical payment coverage should be supplemental to the benefits: (A) to which a covered individual is entitled under a health plan; and (B) that are the same as or similar to benefits available to the covered individual under the medical payment coverage; and (2) whether a health plan should be prohibited from requiring the use or exhaustion of medical payment coverage as a condition of payment of benefits under the health plan for health care services rendered to a covered individual.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2020
Committee Review
Mar 2020
House Passage
Jan 2020
Senate Passage
Mar 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Mar 4, 2020
Signed Mar 18, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Mar 3, 2020 · House Jan 28, 2020
How they voted
36–3
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 41
Mar 3, 2020
D
Democratic8
100% Yea
R
Republican33
84% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
36
Key actions
12
Committee
5
Amendments
7
Mar 18, 2020
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
Mar 11, 2020
Lower · Passed
Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 393: yeas 88, nays 3
lower
Mar 11, 2020
Upper · Passed
Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 396: yeas 45, nays 4
upper
Mar 11, 2020
Introduced
CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
upper
Mar 11, 2020
Introduced
CCR # 1 filed in the House
lower
Mar 4, 2020
Amended
House dissented from Senate amendments
lower
Mar 4, 2020
Introduced
Motion to dissent filed
lower
Mar 4, 2020
Amended
Returned to the House with amendments
upper
Mar 3, 2020
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (36-3-2)
senate
Feb 27, 2020
Upper · Passed
Amendment #6 (Niezgodski) prevailed; Roll Call 252: yeas 32, nays 14
upper
Feb 27, 2020
Upper · Passed
Amendment #7 (Bassler) prevailed; voice vote
upper
Feb 27, 2020
Upper · Passed
Amendment #5 (Bohacek) prevailed; voice vote
upper
Feb 27, 2020
Upper · Passed
Amendment #3 (Brown L) prevailed; voice vote
upper
Feb 27, 2020
Upper · Passed
Amendment #4 (Bassler) prevailed; voice vote
upper
Feb 20, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
upper
Jan 29, 2020
Committee
Referred to the Senate
lower
Jan 28, 2020
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (91-0-1)
house
Jan 23, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
lower
3 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Andy Zay
RRepublican
P
Eric Bassler
RRepublican
P
Martin Carbaugh
RRepublican
Co
Matt Lehman
RRepublican
Co
TA
Terri Austin
DDemocratic
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