Connecticut 2015 2015 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06554 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/23/2015

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 6554
January Session, 2015  LCO No. 1525
 *01525*
Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
REP. SRINIVASAN, 31st Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 6554 

January Session, 2015

LCO No. 1525

*01525*

Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE 

Introduced by:

REP. SRINIVASAN, 31st Dist.

AN ACT PROHIBITING INSURERS FROM TAKING PUNITIVE ACTION AGAINST HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS WHO OBTAIN OR RECOMMEND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.

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

That the general statutes be amended to prohibit insurers from taking punitive action against health care providers who obtain or recommend emergency medical services for their patients.

Statement of Purpose: 

To prohibit insurers from taking punitive action against health care providers who obtain or recommend emergency medical services for their patients.