A health insuring corporation policy, contract, or agreement shall not be construed to exclude illness or injury upon the ground that the subscriber might have elected to have such illness or injury covered by workers’ compensation under Chapter 4123 of the Revised Code unless the policy, contract, or agreement clearly excludes work or occupational related illness or injury, or the policy, contract, or agreement, or a separate writing signed by the subscriber, informs the subscriber that such coverage is excluded and may be available to the subscriber under workers’ compensation as the sole proprietor of a business, a member of a partnership, or an officer of a family farm corporation.

Terms Used In Ohio Code 1751.55

  • Compensation: means remuneration for the provision of health care services, determined on other than a fee-for-service or discounted-fee-for-service basis. See Ohio Code 1751.01
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: means a corporation formed under Chapter 1701. See Ohio Code 1751.01
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Subscriber: means a person who is responsible for making payments to a health insuring corporation for participation in a health care plan, or an enrollee whose employment or other status is the basis of eligibility for enrollment in a health insuring corporation. See Ohio Code 1751.01

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