LCO No. 2556 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 378 January Session, 2019 LCO No. 2556 Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH Introduced by: SEN. KISSEL, 7th Dist. AN ACT PROHIBITING HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS FROM CHARGING DIFFERENT RATES FOR THE SAME PROCEDURE. 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 charging an insurance carrier a different rate for a 2 medical procedure than such provider would charge an individual 3 who is paying out of pocket for the same medical procedure. 4 Statement of Purpose: To prohibit the charging of different rates for the same medical procedure.