Legislative Session number- 82

Bill Name: SF3315

E Relating to insurance ARTICLE 1 JOINT UNDERWRITING ASSOCIATIONProhibiting the
joint underwriting association from offering medical malpractice insurance
coverage to persons or entities determined by the board of directors to be
outside the intended scope and purpose of the association due to the gravity of
the risk of offering insurance coverage; repealing the malpractice insurance
reauthorization authority of the commissioner of commerce ARTICLE 2 OTHER
INSURANCE CHANGES Authorizing life insurers to increase premium rates for
continuation coverage after a certain number of months of continued group
coverage; narrowing the scope of certain credit insurance regulation provisions
relating to mortgage insurance; modifying certain provisions under the health
care administrative simplification act, modifying the definition of uniform
dental billing form, providing for the acceptance of electronic and paper claim
transactions by group purchasers and modifying certain uniform health care
reimbursement documents standards; specifying a certain headnote change
instruction to the revisor of statutes; repealing the requirement for the
commissioner of health after consultation with the commissioner of commerce to
periodically adopt certain uniform billing standards (ra, ja)