Section 3923.331. Statutes applicable to medicare supplement policies

(A) Except as otherwise provided in the Revised Code, section 3923.33 and sections 3923.331 to 3923.339 of the Revised Code shall apply to:

(1) All medicare supplement policies delivered or issued for delivery in this state on or after the effective date of this amendment; and

(2) All certificates issued under group medicare supplement policies, which certificates are delivered or issued for delivery in this state on or after the effective date of this amendment.

(B) Section 3923.33 and sections 3923.331 to 3923.339 of the Revised Code shall not apply to a policy of one or more employers or labor organizations, or of the trustees of a fund established by one or more employers or labor organizations, or a combination thereof, for employees or former employees, or a combination thereof, or for members or former members, or a combination thereof, of the labor organizations.

(C) Except as otherwise provided in division (D) of section 3923.334 of the Revised Code, section 3923.33 and sections 3923.331 to 3923.339 of the Revised Code are not intended to prohibit or apply to insurance policies or health care benefit plans, including group conversion policies, provided to medicare eligible persons, which policies are not marketed or held to be medicare supplement policies or benefit plans.

Effective Date: 03-03-1996