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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 98 1 of 2 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 33 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2021 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 98 | |
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| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE | |
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| 12 | 12 | ||
| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | SEN. ANWAR, 3rd Dist. | |
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| 18 | 18 | AN ACT CONCERNING CONTRACTS BETWEEN HEALTH CARRIERS | |
| 19 | 19 | AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS. | |
| 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 provide that no 1 | |
| 24 | 24 | contract entered into or renewed between a health carrier and a health 2 | |
| 25 | 25 | care provider shall contain a provision: (1) Requiring the health care 3 | |
| 26 | 26 | provider to collect from an insured any coinsurance, copayment, 4 | |
| 27 | 27 | deductible or other out-of-pocket expense due and owing for a covered 5 | |
| 28 | 28 | benefit that the health care provider provided to the insured; or (2) 6 | |
| 29 | 29 | permitting the health carrier to reduce any payment to the health care 7 | |
| 30 | 30 | provider due to an insured's nonpayment or partial payment of any 8 | |
| 31 | 31 | coinsurance, copayment, deductible or other out-of-pocket expense due 9 | |
| 32 | 32 | and owing for a covered benefit that the health care provider provided 10 | |
| 33 | 33 | to the insured. 11 | |
| 34 | 34 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 35 | 35 | To prohibit a health carrier from: (1) Requiring a contracting health care | |
| 36 | 36 | provider to collect any cost-sharing payment due and owing from an | |
| 37 | 37 | insured for a covered benefit that the health care provider provided to | |
| 38 | 38 | the insured; and (2) reducing any payment to a contracting health care Proposed Bill No. 33 | |
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| 41 | 41 | LCO No. 98 2 of 2 | |
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| 43 | 43 | provider due to an insured's nonpayment or partial payment of the | |
| 44 | 44 | insured's cost-sharing liability for a covered benefit that the health care | |
| 45 | 45 | provider provided to the insured. |