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| 3 | 3 | | LCO No. 392 1 of 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5118 |
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| 6 | 6 | | January Session, 2021 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LCO No. 392 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE |
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| 13 | 13 | | Introduced by: |
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| 14 | 14 | | REP. NUCCIO, 53rd Dist. |
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| 18 | 18 | | AN ACT CONCERNING TELEHEALTH. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 20 | 20 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 22 | 22 | | That the general statutes be amended to: (1) Extend the sunset date 1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | for certain provisions of public act 20-2 of the July special session to May 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | 30, 2022; (2) provide that a health insurer may pay a reduced 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | reimbursement to a health care provider who provides a covered benefit 4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | to an insured through telehealth, provided the amount of such reduced 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | reimbursement shall be equal to at least fifty per cent of the 6 |
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| 28 | 28 | | reimbursement that the health insurer would have paid to the health 7 |
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| 29 | 29 | | care provider if the health care provider had provided the covered 8 |
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| 30 | 30 | | benefit to the insured in person; and (3) prohibit a health care provider 9 |
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| 31 | 31 | | from seeking reimbursement for an in-person covered benefit if the 10 |
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| 32 | 32 | | provider previously sought reimbursement for the same covered benefit 11 |
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| 33 | 33 | | provided to the same insured through telehealth. 12 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 35 | 35 | | To: (1) Extend the sunset date for certain provisions of public act 20-2 of |
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| 36 | 36 | | the July special session to May 30, 2022; (2) provide that a health insurer |
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| 37 | 37 | | may pay a reduced reimbursement to a health care provider who Proposed Bill No. 5118 |
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| 40 | 40 | | LCO No. 392 2 of 2 |
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| 42 | 42 | | provides a covered benefit to an insured through telehealth, provided |
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| 43 | 43 | | the amount of such reduced reimbursement shall be equal to at least |
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| 44 | 44 | | fifty per cent of the reimbursement that the health insurer would have |
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| 45 | 45 | | paid to the health care provider if the health care provider had provided |
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| 46 | 46 | | the covered benefit to the insured in person; and (3) prohibit a health |
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| 47 | 47 | | care provider from seeking reimbursement for an in-person covered |
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| 48 | 48 | | benefit if the provider previously sought reimbursement for the same |
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| 49 | 49 | | covered benefit provided to the same insured through telehealth. |
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