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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6087
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 5496
Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
(INS)
AN ACT RESTRICTING THE USE OF PRIOR CLAIMS FOR
NALOXONE HYDROCHLORI DE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2020) No insurer, health care 1
center, hospital service corporation, medical service corporation, 2
fraternal benefit society or other entity that delivers, issues for 3
delivery, renews, amends or continues an individual or group health 4
insurance policy in this state providing coverage of the type specified 5
in subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (11) and (12) of section 38a-469 of the 6
general statutes shall discriminate against an individual on the basis of 7
a prior claim for naloxone hydrochloride. Such discrimination may 8
include, but is not limited to, discrimination in the amounts of policy 9
premiums or rates, the availability of covered benefits or policy terms 10
or conditions. 11
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 January 1, 2020 New section
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Statement of Purpose:
To prohibit health insurers from discriminating against individuals on
the basis of prior claims for naloxone hydrochloride.
[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: REP. RUTIGLIANO, 123rd Dist.
H.B. 6087