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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6390
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 2690
Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
(INS)
AN ACT CONCERNING HE ALTH INSURANCE REIMB URSEMENT
PARITY FOR PODIATRISTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2022) No insurer, health care 1
center, hospital service corporation, medical service corporation, 2
fraternal benefit society or other entity that delivers, issues for delivery, 3
renews, amends or continues an individual or group health insurance 4
policy providing coverage of the type specified in subdivisions (1), (2), 5
(4), (11) and (12) of section 38a-469 of the general statutes in this state on 6
or after January 1, 2022, shall pay a reduced reimbursement to a licensed 7
health care provider who provides a covered benefit within such 8
provider's scope of practice solely because such provider is a podiatrist. 9
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 January 1, 2022 New section
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Statement of Purpose:
To provide that a health insurer shall not pay a reduced reimbursement
to a licensed health care provider who provides a covered benefit within
the provider's scope of practice solely because the provider is a
podiatrist.
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