General Assembly Raised Bill No. 38
February Session, 2016 LCO No. 446
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Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
(INS)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 38
February Session, 2016
LCO No. 446
*00446_______INS*
Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
(INS)
AN ACT REQUIRING HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR PATIENT LIFTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2017) 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 purchase or rental of a patient lift that operates to lift an individual from a bed or a wheelchair by hydraulic operation, provided such individual's treating physician has certified, in writing, that the patient lift is medically necessary.
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2017) 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 purchase or rental of a patient lift that operates to lift an individual from a bed or a wheelchair by hydraulic operation, provided such individual's treating physician has certified, in writing, that the patient lift is medically necessary.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 January 1, 2017 New section
Sec. 2 January 1, 2017 New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
January 1, 2017
New section
Sec. 2
January 1, 2017
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To require health insurance coverage for the purchase or rental of patient lifts.
[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.]