General Assembly Committee Bill No. 543
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 4617
*04617SB00543INS*
Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
(INS)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 543
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 4617
*04617SB00543INS*
Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
(INS)
AN ACT CONCERNING HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE OF INPATIENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2018) Each insurance company, hospital service corporation, medical service corporation, health care center, fraternal benefit society or other entity that delivers, issues for delivery, renews, amends or continues in this state an individual health insurance policy providing coverage of the type specified in subdivision (1), (2), (4), (11) or (12) of section 38a-469 of the general statutes shall provide coverage to an insured or enrollee who has been diagnosed with a substance use disorder, as described in section 17a-458 of the general statutes, for any treatment episode consisting of fourteen days or more of inpatient substance abuse services.
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2018) Each insurance company, hospital service corporation, medical service corporation, health care center, fraternal benefit society or other entity that delivers, issues for delivery, renews, amends or continues in this state a group health insurance policy providing coverage of the type specified in subdivision (1), (2), (4), (11) or (12) of section 38a-469 of the general statutes shall provide coverage to an insured or enrollee who has been diagnosed with a substance use disorder, as described in section 17a-458 of the general statutes, for any treatment episode consisting of fourteen days or more of inpatient substance abuse services.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 January 1, 2018 New section
Sec. 2 January 1, 2018 New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
January 1, 2018
New section
Sec. 2
January 1, 2018
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To require health insurance policies to provide coverage for inpatient substance abuse services with a duration of not less than fourteen days.
[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: SEN. SOMERS, 18th Dist.
Co-Sponsors:
SEN. SOMERS, 18th Dist.
S.B. 543