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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 2098 1 of 1 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 329 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2019 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 2098 | |
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| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE | |
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| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist. | |
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| 18 | 18 | AN ACT CONCERNING HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR OUT - | |
| 19 | 19 | OF-NETWORK SERVICES PROVIDED AT IN -NETWORK HOSPITALS. | |
| 20 | 20 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 21 | 21 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 23 | 23 | That title 38a of the general statutes be amended to (1) require that 1 | |
| 24 | 24 | covered health care services provided by out-of-network providers at 2 | |
| 25 | 25 | in-network hospitals be covered at an in-network level, including an 3 | |
| 26 | 26 | in-network level of cost sharing, (2) prohibit balance billing for such 4 | |
| 27 | 27 | services, and (3) require that each out-of-network provider that 5 | |
| 28 | 28 | provides such services accept, as payment in full for such services, 6 | |
| 29 | 29 | payment for such services at the in-network rate. 7 | |
| 30 | 30 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 31 | 31 | To require that covered health care services provided by out-of- | |
| 32 | 32 | network providers at in-network hospitals be covered at an in-network | |
| 33 | 33 | level, including an in-network level of cost sharing, prohibit balance | |
| 34 | 34 | billing for such services and require that each out-of-network provider | |
| 35 | 35 | that provides such services accept, as payment in full for such services, | |
| 36 | 36 | payment for such services at the in-network rate. |