Idaho Bills
10 bills · 2018 Regular Session
Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding contracts with providers of dental services.
This Legislation will clarify current language in Idaho Code that a dental plan contracting with a dentist cannot set the rate for a procedure that is not covered by that contract. The proposed bill further defines that covered services are services that a dental contracting with a dentist is liable for paying either in part or in whole. The bill will apply to any dental plan contract which is issued after December 31, 2018. Existing contracts will be brought into compliance on the next anniversary date, renewal date, or the expiration date of the applicable contract.
Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding contracts with providers of dental services.
Adds to existing law to define a term, to prohibit discrimination against living organ donors, and to provide for enforcement.
Cherie Buckner-Webb · SD-019
Adds to existing law to provide for availability of a twelve-month supply of contraceptives under certain health benefit plans.
Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding coverage of anticancer medications under health benefit plans.
Adds to existing law to define a term, to prohibit discrimination against living organ donors, and to provide for enforcement.
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Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding dividends and other distributions.
This legislation is intended to bring Idaho Code 41-3812 into closer alignment with the majority of states in the calculation for determining whether a dividend or distribution by a domestic insurer within an insurance holding company system is extraordinary or nonextraordinary. The notice and approval requirements vary depending on whether a dividend or distribution is deemed extraordinary or nonextraordinary. The legislation will allow a domestic insurer to declare a nonextraordinary dividend if the dividend does not exceed the greater of 10% of surplus or the operating income for the preceding year, while providing appropriate levels of Department of Insurance oversight.
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Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the Idaho Immunization Assessment Board and to extend a sunset date.
This bill addresses three basic changes to statute related to the Idaho Immunization Assessment Board: (1) adds one additional member from the business community who represents a self-funded insurance plan to the existing Idaho Immunization Assessment Board; (2) resets the sunset date for the Board from July 1, 2019, to July 1, 2024; and, (3) removes the imposition of interest requirement for late or nonpayment of assessments.
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Amends existing law to provide a definition, an exception, and a certain waiver.
This legislation amends Title 41, Chapter 41 of Idaho Code relating to Joint Public Agency Self-Funded Health Care Plans. The purpose of this bill is to allow the Director of the Department of Insurance to waive the requirement for a joint public agency self-funded health benefits plan to purchase aggregate stop loss insurance when certain conditions are met.
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Amends existing law to provide that benefits provided by a long-term care rider shall be considered the same type of benefits as the base life insurance policy or annuity contract to which it relates; to provide that the Idaho Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association may terminate certain health benefit plans upon entry of an order of liquidation with approval of the director; and to provide for allocation of class B assessments for long-term care insurance.
This legislation is intended to incorporate into Idaho Insurance Law newly adopted provisions of the NAIC Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Model Act regarding the assessment formula for costs incurred by the Idaho Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association for long term care insurance policies of insurance company members that become insolvent. If adopted, the new assessment formula will split the costoflongtermcarepolicies: 50%tothelife&annuityinsurancecompanymembersand50%tothehealth insurance company members. Currently long term care coverage costs are assessed only to health insurance company members. It has been agreed by the life & annuity and health insurance company members that the current assessment formula is flawed in that the assessment is not properly born by the companies that write long term care insurance and the affected parties have agreed to the allocation formula proposed herein.
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