LCO No. 2716 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6520 January Session, 2019 LCO No. 2716 Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH Introduced by: REP. ACKERT, 8th Dist. AN ACT PROHIBITING A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER FROM REQUIRING PREPAYMENT FOR THE PROVISION OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to prohibit a health care 1 provider from requiring a patient to prepay for a necessary medical 2 procedure and require that such provider use the process for charging 3 for an emergency room procedure. 4 Statement of Purpose: To prohibit a health care provider from requiring a deposit for the provision of health care services.