General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 205
February Session, 2012 *_____SB00205INS___031612____*
General Assembly
Substitute Bill No. 205
February Session, 2012
*_____SB00205INS___031612____*
AN ACT CONCERNING INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR THE BIRTH-TO-THREE PROGRAM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 38a-490a of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2012):
(a) Each individual health insurance policy providing coverage of the type specified in subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (11) and (12) of section 38a-469 delivered, issued for delivery, [or] renewed, amended or continued in this state [on or after July 1, 1996,] shall provide coverage for medically necessary early intervention services provided as part of an individualized family service plan pursuant to section 17a-248e. Such policy shall provide coverage for such services provided by qualified personnel, as defined in section 17a-248, for a child from birth until the child's third birthday.
(b) No such policy shall impose a coinsurance, copayment, deductible or other out-of-pocket expense for such services, except that a high deductible plan, as that term is used in subsection (f) of section 38a-493, shall not be subject to the deductible limits set forth in this section.
(c) Such policy shall provide a maximum benefit of six thousand four hundred dollars per child per year and an aggregate benefit of nineteen thousand two hundred dollars per child over the total three-year period.
(d) No payment made under this section shall (1) be applied by the insurer, health care center or plan administrator against or result in a loss of benefits due to any maximum lifetime or annual limits specified in the policy, [or health benefits plan] (2) adversely affect the availability of health insurance to the child, the child's parent or the child's family members insured under any such policy, or (3) be a reason for the insurer, health care center or plan administrator to rescind or cancel such policy. Payments made under this section shall not be treated differently than other claim experience for purposes of premium rating.
Sec. 2. Section 38a-516a of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2012):
(a) Each group health insurance policy providing coverage of the type specified in subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (11) and (12) of section 38a-469 delivered, issued for delivery, [or] renewed, amended or continued in this state [on or after July 1, 1996,] shall provide coverage for medically necessary early intervention services provided as part of an individualized family service plan pursuant to section 17a-248e. Such policy shall provide coverage for such services provided by qualified personnel, as defined in section 17a-248, for a child from birth until the child's third birthday.
(b) No such policy shall impose a coinsurance, copayment, deductible or other out-of-pocket expense for such services, except that a high deductible plan, as that term is used in subsection (f) of section 38a-493, shall not be subject to the deductible limits set forth in this section.
(c) Such policy shall provide a maximum benefit of six thousand four hundred dollars per child per year and an aggregate benefit of nineteen thousand two hundred dollars per child over the total three-year period, except that for a child with autism spectrum disorder, as defined in section 38a-514b, who is receiving early intervention services as defined in section 17a-248, the maximum benefit available through early intervention providers shall be fifty thousand dollars per child per year and an aggregate benefit of one hundred fifty thousand dollars per child over the total three-year period as provided for in section 38a-514b. Nothing in this section shall be construed to increase the amount of coverage required for autism spectrum disorder for any child beyond the amounts set forth in section 38a-514b. Any coverage provided for autism spectrum disorder through an individualized family service plan pursuant to section 17a-248e shall be credited toward the coverage amounts required under section 38a-514b.
(d) No payment made under this section shall (1) be applied by the insurer, health care center or plan administrator against or result in a loss of benefits due to any maximum lifetime or annual limits specified in the policy, [or health benefits plan] (2) adversely affect the availability of health insurance to the child, the child's parent or the child's family members insured under any such policy, or (3) be a reason for the insurer, health care center or plan administrator to rescind or cancel such policy. Payments made under this section shall not be treated differently than other claim experience for purposes of premium rating.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2012 38a-490a
Sec. 2 July 1, 2012 38a-516a
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
July 1, 2012
38a-490a
Sec. 2
July 1, 2012
38a-516a
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