Connecticut 2015 2015 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05592 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/16/2015

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5592
January Session, 2015  LCO No. 1532
 *01532*
Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
REP. SRINIVASAN, 31st Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5592 

January Session, 2015

LCO No. 1532

*01532*

Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE 

Introduced by:

REP. SRINIVASAN, 31st Dist.

AN ACT PROHIBITING CERTAIN HEALTH CARE PROVIDER CONTRACT PROVISIONS FOR PAYMENT OF SERVICES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That title 38a of the general statutes be amended to prohibit health insurers or other entities that contract with health care providers to provide health care services from including contract provisions that prohibit payment to such providers for services the insurers or other entities deem not medically necessary.

Statement of Purpose: 

To prohibit health insurers or other entities that contract with health care providers to provide health care services from including contract provisions that prohibit payment to such providers for services the insurers or other entities deem not medically necessary.