As Introduced
136th General Assembly
Regular Session
H. B. No. 438
2025-2026
Representatives Rader, Brownlee
Cosponsors: Representatives Grim, Piccolantonio, Somani, Jarrells, Robinson, McNally, Brennan, Brent, Upchurch, Abdullahi, White, E., Isaacsohn, Synenberg, Lett, Rogers, Russo, Miller, J.
To amend sections 1731.04, 1751.01, 1751.06, 1751.12, 1751.18, 1751.58, 1751.69, 3902.50, 3922.01, 3923.57, 3923.571, 3923.85, 3924.01, 3924.02, 3924.03, 3924.033, 3924.51, and 4125.041 and to enact sections 3902.55, 3902.56, 3902.57, and 3902.58 of the Revised Code regarding health insurance premiums and benefits and to name this act the Fair Access to Medical Insurance for Local Youth and Families (FAMILY) Act.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1.
That sections 1731.04, 1751.01, 1751.06, 1751.12, 1751.18, 1751.58, 1751.69, 3902.50, 3922.01, 3923.57, 3923.571, 3923.85, 3924.01, 3924.02, 3924.03, 3924.033, 3924.51, and 4125.041 be amended and sections 3902.55, 3902.56, 3902.57, and 3902.58 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 1731.04.
(A)
An agreement between an alliance and an insurer referred to in division (B) of section 1731.01 of the Revised Code shall contain at least the following:
(1)
A provision requiring the insurer to offer and sell to small employers served or to be served by an alliance one or more health benefit plan options for coverage of their eligible employees and the eligible dependents and members of the families of the eligible employees and, if applicable, such members' eligible retirees and the eligible dependents and members of the families of the retirees, subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be set forth or incorporated into the agreement;
Section 2.
That existing sections 1731.04, 1751.01, 1751.06, 1751.12, 1751.18, 1751.58, 1751.69, 3902.50, 3922.01, 3923.57, 3923.571, 3923.85, 3924.01, 3924.02, 3924.03, 3924.033, 3924.51, and 4125.041 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.
Section 3.
This act shall apply to health benefit plans, as defined in section 3922.01 of the Revised Code, delivered, issued for delivery, modified, or renewed on or after the effective date of this act.
Section 4.
This act shall be known as the Fair Access to Medical Insurance for Local Youth and Families (FAMILY) Act.
Section 5.
Section 1751.12 of the Revised Code is presented in this act as a composite of the section as amended by both H.B. 3 and H.B. 59 of the 130th General Assembly. The General Assembly, applying the principle stated in division (B) of section 1.52 of the Revised Code that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation, finds that the composite is the resulting version of the section in effect prior to the effective date of the section as presented in this act.
