Insurance matters.
Summary
Specifies that the compliance of a practitioner and facility with federal law meets the good faith estimate requirements concerning health service costs. Reduces, from 1% to 0.15%, the lowest interest rate that an insurer may use in determining the minimum nonforfeiture amounts for an annuity contract. Provides that, as a condition of license renewal, a limited lines producer with a title insurance qualification must complete at least seven hours of continuing education in any combination of the following subjects: (1) Ethical practices in the marketing and selling of title insurance, including provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. (2) Title insurance underwriting. (3) Escrow matters. (4) Matters concerning regulation by the department of insurance. (5) Marketing and selling of title insurance. Allows a property and casualty insurance company to offer property and casualty insurance on a group basis to ten or more commercial, business, or not-for-profit entities that have a preexisting relationship to one another through a common trade, an association, an affiliation, or another organizational relationship that is separate and distinct from any group insurance arrangement of the group. Amends the definition of "health payer" for the all payer claims data base. Provides that an insurer, to operate as a farm mutual insurance company, may not have annual direct written premiums of more than $15,000,000 (instead of $10,000,000). Provides that, except for grandfathered health plans, an accident and sickness insurance policy or health maintenance organization contract must cover or provide: (1) a colorectal cancer screening test assigned either an "A" or "B" grade by the United States Preventive Services Task Force; and (2) a follow-up colonoscopy.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
House Passage
Jan 2022
Senate Passage
Feb 2022
Signed into Law
Mar 2022
Introduced Feb 24, 2022
Signed Mar 18, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Feb 22, 2022
How they voted
44–1
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 47
Feb 22, 2022
D
Democratic11
100% Yea
R
Republican36
91% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
30
Key actions
7
Committee
5
Amendments
2
Mar 18, 2022
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
Mar 8, 2022
Upper · Passed
Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 350: yeas 49, nays 1
upper
Mar 8, 2022
Lower · Passed
Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 361: yeas 94, nays 0
lower
Mar 7, 2022
Introduced
CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
upper
Mar 7, 2022
Introduced
CCR # 1 filed in the House
lower
Feb 24, 2022
Amended
House dissented from Senate amendments
lower
Feb 24, 2022
Introduced
Motion to dissent filed
lower
Feb 23, 2022
Amended
Returned to the House with amendments
upper
Feb 22, 2022
Upper · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 237: yeas 47, nays 1
upper
Feb 17, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
upper
Jan 25, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Senate
lower
Jan 24, 2022
Lower · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 60: yeas 94, nays 0
lower
Jan 18, 2022
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
Matt Lehman
RRepublican
P
Travis Holdman
RRepublican
Co
Martin Carbaugh
RRepublican
Co
TA
Terri Austin
DDemocratic
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