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3 | 3 | LCO No. 1727 1 of 2 | |
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5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 333 | |
6 | 6 | January Session, 2019 | |
7 | 7 | LCO No. 1727 | |
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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. KELLY, 21st Dist. | |
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18 | 18 | AN ACT CONCERNING MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | |
19 | 19 | PARITY. | |
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 the general statutes be amended to (1) require that certain 1 | |
24 | 24 | health insurance policies cover screenings for mental or nervous 2 | |
25 | 25 | conditions during covered annual physical examinations, (2) expand 3 | |
26 | 26 | reporting requirements that are imposed on the Insurance 4 | |
27 | 27 | Commissioner, health carriers and managed care organizations 5 | |
28 | 28 | concerning the all-payer claims database and mental and behavioral 6 | |
29 | 29 | health, (3) modify the information reported in the consumer report 7 | |
30 | 30 | card required by section 38a-478l of the general statutes, and (4) 8 | |
31 | 31 | require that health carriers comply with the Paul Wellstone and Pete 9 | |
32 | 32 | Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008, P.L. 10 | |
33 | 33 | 110-343. 11 | |
34 | 34 | Statement of Purpose: | |
35 | 35 | To require health insurance coverage for certain screenings for mental | |
36 | 36 | or nervous conditions, expand reporting requirements concerning the | |
37 | 37 | all-payer claims database and mental and behavioral health, modify | |
38 | 38 | the Consumer Report Card on Health Insurance Carriers in | |
39 | 39 | Connecticut and require health carriers to comply with the Paul Proposed Bill No. 333 | |
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42 | 42 | LCO No. 1727 2 of 2 | |
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44 | 44 | Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction | |
45 | 45 | Equity Act of 2008, P.L. 110-343. |