General Assembly Committee Bill No. 12
January Session, 2011 LCO No. 1033
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Referred to Committee on Insurance and Real Estate
Introduced by:
(INS)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 12
January Session, 2011
LCO No. 1033
*_____SB00012INS___021511____*
Referred to Committee on Insurance and Real Estate
Introduced by:
(INS)
AN ACT PROHIBITING COPAYMENTS FOR PREVENTIVE CARE SERVICES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2012) (a) No insurer, health care center, hospital service corporation, medical service corporation, fraternal benefit society or other entity delivering, issuing for delivery, renewing, amending or continuing in this state an individual health insurance policy providing coverage of the type specified in subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (11) and (12) of section 38a-469 of the general statutes shall impose a copayment, deductible or other out-of-pocket expense for preventive care services.
(b) For the purposes of this section, "preventive care services" means: (1) Annual physicals and periodic health evaluations, including test and diagnostic procedures ordered in connection with routine examinations such as annual physicals; (2) routine prenatal and well-child care; (3) child and adult immunizations; (4) tobacco cessation programs; and (5) obesity weight loss programs as prescribed by a licensed physician. "Preventive care services" do not include any services or benefits to treat an existing illness, injury or condition.
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2012) (a) No insurer, health care center, hospital service corporation, medical service corporation, fraternal benefit society or other entity delivering, issuing for delivery, renewing, amending or continuing in this state a group health insurance policy providing coverage of the type specified in subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (11) and (12) of section 38a-469 of the general statutes shall impose a copayment, deductible or other out-of-pocket expense for preventive care services.
(b) For the purposes of this section, "preventive care services" means: (1) Annual physicals and periodic health evaluations, including test and diagnostic procedures ordered in connection with routine examinations such as annual physicals; (2) routine prenatal and well-child care; (3) child and adult immunizations; (4) tobacco cessation programs; and (5) obesity weight loss programs as prescribed by a licensed physician. "Preventive care services" do not include any services or benefits to treat an existing illness, injury or condition.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 January 1, 2012 New section
Sec. 2 January 1, 2012 New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
January 1, 2012
New section
Sec. 2
January 1, 2012
New section
INS Joint Favorable
INS
Joint Favorable