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| 12 | 12 | | AN ACT LIMITING COPAYMENTS FOR CHIROPRACTIC SERVICES. |
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| 14 | 14 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: |
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| 16 | 16 | | Section 1. Section 38a-507 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 1, 2012): |
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| 18 | 18 | | [Every] (a) Each individual health insurance policy delivered, issued for delivery, [or] renewed, amended or continued in this state [on or after October 1, 1989,] shall provide coverage for services rendered by a chiropractor licensed under chapter 372 to the same extent coverage is provided for services rendered by a physician, if such chiropractic services (1) treat a condition covered under such policy, and (2) are within those services a chiropractor is licensed to perform. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (b) No such policy shall impose a copayment greater than fifty per cent of the total cost of any single chiropractic service covered under subsection (a) of this section. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Sec. 2. Section 38a-534 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 1, 2012): |
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| 24 | 24 | | [Every] (a) Each group health insurance policy providing coverage of the type specified in subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (6) and (11) of section 38a-469, delivered, issued for delivery, [or] renewed, amended or continued in this state [on or after October 1, 1989,] shall provide coverage for services rendered by a chiropractor licensed under chapter 372 to the same extent coverage is provided for services rendered by a physician, if such chiropractic services (1) treat a condition covered under such policy, and (2) are within those services a chiropractor is licensed to perform. |
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| 26 | 26 | | (b) No such policy shall impose a copayment greater than fifty per cent of the total cost of any single chiropractic service covered under subsection (a) of this section. |
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| 31 | 31 | | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: |
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| 32 | 32 | | Section 1 January 1, 2012 38a-507 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Sec. 2 January 1, 2012 38a-534 |
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| 35 | 35 | | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: |
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| 37 | 37 | | Section 1 |
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| 39 | 39 | | January 1, 2012 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 38a-507 |
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| 43 | 43 | | Sec. 2 |
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| 45 | 45 | | January 1, 2012 |
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| 47 | 47 | | 38a-534 |
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| 50 | 50 | | |
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| 51 | 51 | | INS Joint Favorable Subst. |
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