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HB 175                                                                                                                        
The Finance Committee considered:                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 175                                                                                                          
    "An Act relating to insurance, including treating as confidential                                                           
    certain information submitted to the director of insurance by the                                                           

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    National Association of Insurance Commissioners; clarifying                                                                 
    conditions for the release of insurer deposits; defining travel                                                             
    insurance that may be sold under a travel insurance limited                                                                 
    producer license; establishing criteria for licensing of nonresident                                                        
    independent adjusters as resident adjusters; exempting rewards                                                              
    under a wellness program from treatment as insurance                                                                        
    discrimination or rebating; making certain insurance required of                                                            
    the Comprehensive Health Insurance Association permissive                                                                   
    rather than mandatory; providing for the administration of loss                                                             
    reimbursement policies and payments to guaranty associations                                                                
    during insolvency proceedings; making certain provisions relating                                                           
    to statements on applications and guaranteed renewability for                                                               
    individual health insurance applicable to hospital and medical                                                              
    service corporations; making public certain forms and related                                                               
    documents filed for approval by a hospital or medical service                                                               
    corporation after the filing becomes effective; relating to deposits                                                        
    of self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangements; repealing                                                            
    reasons that the director of insurance may use to deny or revoke a                                                          
    license; and providing for an effective date."                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
    CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 175(L&C)                                                                                              
    "An Act relating to insurance, including treating as confidential                                                           
    certain information submitted to the director of insurance by the                                                           
    National Association of Insurance Commissioners; clarifying                                                                 
    conditions for the release of insurer deposits; defining travel                                                             
    insurance that may be sold under a travel insurance limited                                                                 
    producer license; establishing criteria for licensing of nonresident                                                        
    independent adjusters as resident adjusters; exempting rewards                                                              
    under a wellness program from treatment as insurance                                                                        
    discrimination or rebating; making certain insurance required of                                                            
    the Comprehensive Health Insurance Association permissive                                                                   
    rather than mandatory; making certain provisions relating to                                                                
    statements on applications and guaranteed renewability for                                                                  
    individual health insurance applicable to hospital and medical                                                              
    service corporations; making public certain forms and related                                                               
    documents filed for approval by a hospital or medical service                                                               
    corporation after the filing becomes effective; relating to deposits                                                        
    of self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangements; repealing                                                            

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    reasons that the director of insurance may use to deny or revoke a                                                          
    license; and providing for an effective date."                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The report was signed by Representatives Hawker and Stoltze, Co-                                                                
chairs, with the following individual recommendations:                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Do pass (5):  Thomas, Gara, Kelly, Hawker, Stoltze                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
No recommendation (4):  Austerman, Crawford, Fairclough, Salmon                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSHB 175(L&C):                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
1.  Zero, Dept. of Commerce, Community, & Economic Development                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
HB 175 was referred to the Rules Committee for placement on the                                                                 
calendar.