General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6546
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 3388
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Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
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General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 6546
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 3388
*03388_______INS*
Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
(INS)
AN ACT CONCERNING OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES FOR PHYSICAL THERAPY SERVICES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2014) No 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 delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, amended or continued in this state, shall impose a coinsurance, copayment, deductible or other out-of-pocket expense for physical therapy services rendered on each date of service by a physical therapist licensed under section 20-73 of the general statutes, that is greater than a coinsurance, copayment, deductible or other out-of-pocket expense imposed for services rendered by a primary care physician or for an office visit to an osteopath licensed under section 20-13 of the general statutes.
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2014) No 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 delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, amended or continued in this state, shall impose a coinsurance, copayment, deductible or other out-of-pocket expense for physical therapy services rendered on each date of service by a physical therapist licensed under section 20-73 of the general statutes, that is greater than a coinsurance, copayment, deductible or other out-of-pocket expense imposed for services rendered by a primary care physician or for an office visit to an osteopath licensed under section 20-13 of the general statutes.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 January 1, 2014 New section
Sec. 2 January 1, 2014 New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
January 1, 2014
New section
Sec. 2
January 1, 2014
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To prohibit individual and group health insurance policies from imposing a coinsurance, copayment, deductible or other out-of-pocket expense for physical therapy services rendered on each date of service by a physical therapist that is greater than a coinsurance, copayment, deductible or other out-of-pocket expense imposed for services rendered by a primary care physician or for an office visit to an osteopath.
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