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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 15
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 5495
Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
(INS)
AN ACT REQUIRING HEA LTH INSURANCE COVERAGE F OR
MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR S.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2020) Each individual health 1
insurance policy providing coverage of the type specified in 2
subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (11) and (12) of section 38a-469 of the general 3
statutes delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, amended or 4
continued in this state on or after January 1, 2020, shall provide 5
coverage for: (1) Motorized wheelchairs, including, but not limited to, 6
used motorized wheelchairs; (2) repairs to motorized wheelchairs; and 7
(3) replacement batteries for motorized wheelchairs. 8
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2020) Each group health insurance 9
policy providing coverage of the type specified in subdivisions (1), (2), 10
(4), (11) and (12) of section 38a-469 of the general statutes delivered, 11
issued for delivery, renewed, amended or continued in this state on or 12
after January 1, 2020, shall provide coverage for: (1) Motorized 13
wheelchairs, including, but not limited to, used motorized 14
wheelchairs; (2) repairs to motorized wheelchairs; and (3) replacement 15
batteries for motorized wheelchairs. 16
Committee Bill No. 15
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 January 1, 2020 New section
Sec. 2 January 1, 2020 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To require health insurance coverage for motorized wheelchairs,
including, but not limited to, used motorized wheelchairs, repairs to
motorized wheelchairs and replacement batteries for motorized
wheelchairs.
[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: SEN. OSTEN, 19th Dist.; SEN. CASSANO, 4th Dist.
SEN. SOMERS, 18th Dist.
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