Senate File 2115 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  RIELLY


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act requiring disclosure of small employer group health
  2    benefit claims and premium information.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 6158SS 82
  5 av/nh/8

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 509.19, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
  1  2 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    a.  A person issuing a policy or contract providing group
  1  4 health benefit coverages to a group of fifty=one two or more
  1  5 eligible employees as defined in chapter 513B shall provide to
  1  6 the policyholder, contract holder, or sponsor of the group
  1  7 health benefit plan, upon request, annually, but not more than
  1  8 three months prior to the policy renewal date, the total
  1  9 amount of actual claims identified as paid or incurred and
  1 10 paid, and the total amount of premiums by line of coverage.
  1 11 If premiums are not billed for each line of coverage, it is
  1 12 not necessary to artificially separate premiums for each line
  1 13 of coverage and will be acceptable to supply total premiums
  1 14 for the period.
  1 15                           EXPLANATION
  1 16    This bill expands a requirement that an issuer of group
  1 17 health benefit coverages disclose information concerning
  1 18 claims and premiums so that small employer groups of two to 50
  1 19 employees are entitled to receive such information.
  1 20 LSB 6158SS 82
  1 21 av/nh/8