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| 3 | 3 | | LCO No. 730 1 of 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 207 |
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| 6 | 6 | | January Session, 2021 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LCO No. 730 |
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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 | | SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist. |
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| 18 | 18 | | AN ACT CONCERNING REQUIRED HEALTH INSURANCE |
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| 19 | 19 | | COVERAGE FOR AMBULANCE SERVICES AND REQUIRING |
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| 20 | 20 | | NOTIFICATION AND CONSENT REGARDING THE POTENTIAL COST |
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| 21 | 21 | | OF SUCH SERVICES IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 23 | 23 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 25 | 25 | | That the general statutes be amended to: (1) Modify mandatory 1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | health insurance benefits for ambulance services to (A) include 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | medically necessary transportation to a covered person's place of 3 |
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| 28 | 28 | | residence, and (B) require that health insurance benefits for ambulance 4 |
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| 29 | 29 | | services be provided at an in-network level; (2) provide for electronic 5 |
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| 30 | 30 | | notification of assignments of bills for ambulance services; and (3) 6 |
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| 31 | 31 | | require an ambulance provider to notify, and obtain consent from, a 7 |
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| 32 | 32 | | person before providing transportation services to the person if the 8 |
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| 33 | 33 | | provider reasonably believes that such services are not emergency 9 |
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| 34 | 34 | | services. 10 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 36 | 36 | | To: (1) Modify mandatory health insurance benefits for ambulance |
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| 37 | 37 | | services to (A) include medically necessary transportation to a covered |
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| 38 | 38 | | person's place of residence, and (B) require that health insurance Proposed Bill No. 207 |
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| 41 | 41 | | LCO No. 730 2 of 2 |
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| 43 | 43 | | benefits for ambulance services be provided at an in-network level; (2) |
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| 44 | 44 | | provide for electronic notification of assignments of bills for ambulance |
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| 45 | 45 | | services; and (3) require an ambulance provider to notify, and obtain |
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| 46 | 46 | | consent from, a person before providing transportation services to the |
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| 47 | 47 | | person if the provider reasonably believes that such services are not |
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| 48 | 48 | | emergency services. |
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