Bill-Ins Quality
H. B. 4206

(By Delegates Hunt, Linch, Compton,

Jenkins, Faircloth and Riggs)


[Introduced January 28, 2000; referred to the Committee on Banking and Insurance then the Judiciary.]




A BILL to amend and reenact section three, article seven, chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to authorizing the insurance commissioner to promulgate a legislative rule relating to quality assurance standards for prepaid limited health service organizations.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That section three, article seven, chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 7. AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF TAX AND REVENUE TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.


 §64-7-3. Insurance commissioner.
(a) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the thirtieth day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety- eight, authorized under the authority of section ten, article two, chapter thirty-three of this code, relating to the insurance commissioner (individual accident and sickness insurance minimum standards, 114 CSR 12), is authorized.
(b) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the thirtieth day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety- eight, authorized under the authority of section ten, article two, chapter thirty-three of this code, relating to the insurance commissioner (AIDS, 114 CSR 27), is authorized.
(c) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the thirtieth day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety- eight, authorized under the authority of section ten, article two, chapter thirty-three of this code, relating to the insurance commissioner (individual and employer group minimum benefits accident and sickness insurance policies, 114 CSR 33), is authorized.
(d) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the thirtieth day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, authorized under the authority of section seventeen, article sixteen, chapter thirty-three of this code, relating to the insurance commissioner (group accident and sickness insurance minimum policy coverage standards, 114 CSR 39), is authorized.
(e) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the thirtieth day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety- eight, authorized under the authority of section nine-a, article seven, chapter thirty-three of this code, relating to the insurance commissioner (recognizing annuity mortality tables for use in determining reserve liabilities for annuities, 114 CSR 45), is authorized.
(f) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the thirtieth day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety- eight, authorized under the authority of section ten, article two, chapter thirty-three of this code, relating to the insurance commissioner (group accident and sickness insurance issuance, portability and marketing requirements, 114 CSR 54), is authorized.
(g) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the thirtieth day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety- eight, authorized under the authority of section ten, article two, chapter thirty-three of this code, relating to the insurance commissioner (guaranteed issue of individual accident and sickness insurance, 114 CSR 55), is authorized.
(h) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the thirtieth day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety- eight, authorized under the authority of section ten, article two, chapter thirty-three of this code, modified by the insurance commissioner to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the eighteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, relating to the insurance commissioner (quality assurance, 114 CSR 53), is authorized.
 (i) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the twelfth day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine, authorized by section ten, article two, chapter thirty-three, of this code, relating to the insurance commissioner (quality assurance standards for prepaid limited health service organizations , 114 CSR 56), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Insurance Commissioner to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Quality Assurance Standards For Prepaid Limited Health Service Organizations .

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.