General Assembly Raised Bill No. 256
February Session, 2010 LCO No. 1463
*01463_______INS*
Referred to Committee on Insurance and Real Estate
Introduced by:
(INS)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 256
February Session, 2010
LCO No. 1463
*01463_______INS*
Referred to Committee on Insurance and Real Estate
Introduced by:
(INS)
AN ACT CONCERNING ASSESSMENTS FOR HEALTH BENEFIT REVIEWS PERFORMED BY THE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section 38a-21 of the 2010 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(b) (1) There is established within the Insurance Department a health benefit review program for the review and evaluation of any mandated health benefit that is requested by the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to insurance. Such program shall be funded by the Insurance Fund established under section 38a-52a. The commissioner shall be authorized to make assessments against each domestic insurance company and each other domestic entity authorized to write health insurance in the state in a manner consistent with the provisions of chapter 698 for the costs of carrying out the requirements of this section. Such assessments shall be in addition to any other taxes, fees and moneys otherwise payable to the state. The commissioner shall deposit all payments made under this section with the State Treasurer. The moneys deposited shall be credited to the Insurance Fund and shall be accounted for as expenses recovered from insurance companies. Such moneys shall be expended by the commissioner to carry out the provisions of this section and section 2 of public act 09-179*.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage 38a-21(b)(1)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage
38a-21(b)(1)
Statement of Purpose:
To specify that assessments by the Insurance Department for the purpose of carrying out the health benefit reviews be made against domestic insurance companies and other domestic entities authorized to write health insurance in the state.
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