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SB 289                                                                                            
The Finance Committee considered SENATE BILL NO. 289 "An Act                                        
relating to the payment of insurer examination expenses, to the                                     
regulation of managed care insurance plans, to actuarial opinions and                               
supporting documentation for an insurer, to insurance firms, managing                               
general agents, and third-party administrators, to eligibility of surplus                           
lines insurers, to suitability of life and health insurance policies and                            
annuity contracts, to unfair discrimination under a health insurance                                
policy, to prompt payment of health care insurance claims, to required                              
notice by an insurer, to individual deferred annuities, to direct payment                           
to providers under a health insurance policy, to mental health benefits                             
under a health care insurance plan, to the definitions of 'title insurance                          
limited producer' and of other terms used in the title regulating the                               
practice of the business of insurance, and to small employer health                                 
insurance; repealing the Small Employer Health Reinsurance                                          
Association; making conforming amendments; and providing for an                                     
effective date" and recommended it be replaced with                                                 
                                                                                                    
     CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 289(FIN) "An Act relating to                                            
     the payment of insurer examination expenses, to the                                            
     regulation of managed care insurance plans, to actuarial                                       
     opinions and supporting documentation for an insurer, to                                       
     insurance firms, managing general agents, and third-party                                      
     administrators, to eligibility of surplus lines insurers, to                                   
     prompt payment of health care insurance claims, to                                             
     required notice by an insurer, to individual deferred                                          
     annuities, to mental health benefits under a health care                                       
     insurance plan, to the definitions of 'title insurance limited                                 

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     producer' and of other terms used in the title regulating the                                  
     practice of the business of insurance, and to small employer                                   
     health insurance; repealing the Small Employer Health                                          
     Reinsurance Association; making conforming amendments;                                         
     and providing for an effective date."                                                          
                                                                                                    
Signing do pass: Senators Wilken, Green, Cochairs; Senators Bunde,                                  
Dyson, Stedman. Signing no recommendation: Senators Hoffman,                                        
Olson.                                                                                              
                                                                                                    
The following previously published fiscal information applies:                                      
 Fiscal Note No. 1, zero, Department of Commerce, Community                                         
       and Economic Development                                                                     
                                                                                                    
The bill was referred to the Rules Committee.