2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 743B - Health Benefit Plans: Individual and Group
Section 743B.003 - Purposes.

(1) To promote the availability of health insurance coverage to groups regardless of their enrollees’ health status or claims experience;
(2) To prevent abusive rating practices;
(3) To require disclosure of rating practices to purchasers of small employer and individual health benefit plans;
(4) To prohibit the use of preexisting condition exclusions;
(5) To encourage the availability of individual health benefit plans for individuals who are not enrolled in group health benefit plans;
(6) To improve renewability and continuity of coverage for employers and covered individuals;
(7) To improve the efficiency and fairness of the health insurance marketplace; and
(8) To ensure that health insurance coverage in Oregon satisfies the requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-191) and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (P.L. 111-152), and that enforcement authority for those requirements is retained by the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services. [Formerly 743.731; 2021 c.281 §1]

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