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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6093
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 5491
Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
(INS)
AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF THE AVAILABILITY OF HEALTH
INSURANCE COVERAGE T O IMMIGRANTS IN THIS STATE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) The Insurance 1
Commissioner shall conduct a study concerning the availability of 2
health insurance coverage to individuals in this state who are unable to 3
establish legal presence in the United States or present a valid Social 4
Security number. 5
(b) Not later than December 31, 2019, the commissioner shall submit 6
a report, in accordance with section 11-4a of the general statutes, on the 7
results of such study to the joint standing committee of the General 8
Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to insurance. 9
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
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Statement of Purpose:
To require the Insurance Commissioner to study the availability of
health insurance coverage to individuals in this state who are unable to
establish legal presence in the United States or present a valid Social
Security number.
[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. LEMAR, 96th Dist.; REP. ELLIOTT, 88th Dist.
REP. VARGAS, 6th Dist.; REP. DILLON, 92nd Dist.
REP. GILCHREST, 18th Dist.; REP. CANDELARIA, 95th Dist.
H.B. 6093