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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5856
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 3048
Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
REP. DOUCETTE, 13th Dist.
(By Request)
AN ACT CONCERNING HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR
PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That chapter 700c of the general statutes be amended to provide that 1
no insurer, health care center, hospital service corporation, medical 2
service corporation, fraternal benefit society or other entity that 3
delivers, issues for delivery, renews, amends or continues a health 4
insurance policy in this state that includes prescription drug coverage 5
shall require that a health care provider prescribe a specific quantity of 6
a psychotropic medication if such quantity exceeds the quantity that 7
the provider deems appropriate. 8
Statement of Purpose:
To provide that no insurer, health care center, hospital service
corporation, medical service corporation, fraternal benefit society or
other entity that delivers, issues for delivery, renews, amends or
continues a health insurance policy in this state that includes
prescription drug coverage shall require that a health care provider
prescribe a specific quantity of a psychotropic medication if such
quantity exceeds the quantity that the provider deems appropriate.