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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5723
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 128
Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
REP. CUMMINGS, 74th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE PAYMENT OF MEDICARE
REIMBURSEMENTS BY INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That title 38a of the general statutes be amended to require that each 1
insurance company tender payment directly to counsel for a Medicare 2
beneficiary if (1) the beneficiary sustained a bodily injury in this state, 3
(2) such beneficiary received health care services resulting from such 4
injury, (3) Medicare conditionally tendered payment to such 5
beneficiary for the cost of such services, and (4) such company is 6
deemed liable for the cost of such services as part of a legal 7
proceeding. 8
Statement of Purpose:
To require that insurance companies tender payment directly to
counsel for Medicare beneficiaries in certain circumstances.