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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5630
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 1527
Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
REP. DELNICKI, 14th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE CONNECTICUT HEALTH INSURANCE
EXCHANGE AND INSURANCE BROKERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That chapter 706c of the general statutes be amended to (1) prohibit 1
each health carrier offering a qualified health plan through the 2
Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange from appointing, or paying 3
any commission to, an insurance broker who is employed by, or in a 4
contractual relationship with, such exchange, (2) limit the 5
circumstances in which an insurance broker may be removed from any 6
account maintained by such exchange, and (3) impose a penalty of not 7
less than five thousand dollars or one year of commission payments, 8
whichever is greater, for each improper appointment, payment or 9
removal. 10
Statement of Purpose:
To prohibit health carriers offering qualified health plans through the
Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange from appointing, or paying
commissions to, insurance brokers employed by, or in a contractual
relationship with, such exchange, limit the circumstances in which an
insurance broker may be removed from any account maintained by
such exchange and impose a penalty of not less than five thousand Proposed Bill No. 5630
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dollars or one year of commission payments, whichever is greater, for
each improper appointment, payment or removal.