General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5836
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 3300
*03300HB05836INS*
Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
(INS)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 5836
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 3300
*03300HB05836INS*
Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
(INS)
AN ACT REQUIRING HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR MEDICAL EVALUATIONS OR APPOINTMENTS ORDERED BY A COURT FOR AN INSURED AND ANY SUBSEQUENT TREATMENT REQUIRED.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2016) Each 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 provide coverage for the cost of (1) any medical evaluation or appointment with a health care provider that is ordered by a court in this state for an insured, and (2) any treatment required as a result of such evaluation or appointment.
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2016) Each 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 provide coverage for the cost of (1) any medical evaluation or appointment with a health care provider that is ordered by a court in this state for an insured, and (2) any treatment required as a result of such evaluation or appointment.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 January 1, 2016 New section
Sec. 2 January 1, 2016 New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
January 1, 2016
New section
Sec. 2
January 1, 2016
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To require health insurance coverage for any medical evaluation or appointment with a health care provider ordered by a state court for an insured and any treatment required as a result of such evaluation or appointment.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. CARTER, 2nd Dist.
Co-Sponsors:
REP. CARTER, 2nd Dist.
H.B. 5836