Senate Bill No. 350

(By Senators Ross, Anderson, Minard, Snyder, Unger and Minear)

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[Introduced March 2, 2001; referred to the

Committee on Banking and Insurance; and then to the Committee on the Judiciary.]

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A BILL to amend and reenact section two, 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 Medicare supplement insurance.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That section two, 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.

§64-7-2. Insurance commissioner.

(a) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the fourteenth first day of May, one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine September, two thousand, authorized by 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 seventeenth day of November, two thousand, relating to the insurance commissioner (Medicare supplement insurance, 114 CSR 24), is authorized.

(b) 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 (continuing education for insurance agents, 114 CSR 42), is authorized.
(c) 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 Medicare Supplement Insurance.


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