Bill Text: OH HB85 | 2011-2012 | 129th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: To prohibit requiring an individual to obtain or maintain health insurance.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 20-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-02 - To Health & Aging [HB85 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2011-HB85-Introduced.html

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As Introduced

129th General Assembly Regular Session 2011-2012

H. B. No. 85

Representatives Hackett, Sears 

Cosponsors: Representatives Amstutz, Brenner, Adams, J., Carey, Combs, Grossman, Stebelton, Blair, Schuring, Thompson, Uecker, Huffman, Wachtmann, Martin, Young, Rosenberger, Beck, Stautberg 

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A BILL

To enact section 3901.711 of the Revised Code to

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prohibit requiring an individual to obtain or

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maintain health insurance.

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1. That section 3901.711 of the Revised Code be	4
enacted to read as follows:	5

Sec. 3901.711. (A)(1) No individual who is a resident of this	6
state, regardless of whether the individual has or is eligible for	7
health care coverage under any insurance policy or other program	8
provided by or through the individual's employer, or a plan	9
sponsored by this state or the federal government, shall be	10
required to obtain or maintain a policy of individual health	11
insurance, except as required by a court or government entity in a	12
judicial or administrative proceeding in which the individual is	13
named a party.	14

(2) Notwithstanding any provision of Chapter 1751. or Title	15
XXXIX of the Revised Code or any other provision of the Revised	16
Code to the contrary, no individual who is a resident of this	17
state shall be rendered liable for any penalty, assessment, fee,	18
or fine as a result of the individual's failure to obtain or	19
maintain health insurance.	20

(B) In the event that any federal, state, or local government	21
entity enacts or adopts any law, rule, or regulation that violates	22
division (A)(1) or (2) of this section, the attorney general shall	23
seek injunctive or any other appropriate relief as expeditiously	24
as possible.	25

(C) Division (A) of this section does not apply to either of	26
the following:	27

(1) An individual who voluntarily applies for coverage under	28
the medicaid program established under Chapter 5111. of the	29
Revised Code or the children's health insurance program	30
established under sections 5101.50 to 5101.529 of the Revised	31
Code;	32

(2) A student who is required by an institution of higher	33
education to obtain and maintain health insurance as a condition	34
of enrollment.	35