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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 218
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 1175
Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
SEN. KELLY, 21st Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE COST OF HEALTH CARE,
PRESCRIPTION DRUG REIMPORTATION, STOP -LOSS INSURANCE
AND REINSURANCE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to: (1) Require the Office of 1
Health Strategy to establish and implement health care cost growth 2
benchmarks in this state; (2) require the Commissioner of Consumer 3
Protection to submit a request to the federal Secretary of Health and 4
Human Services to implement a Canadian prescription drug 5
reimportation program in this state and, if the secretary approves such 6
request, implement such program in this state; (3) implement the 7
Insurance Commissioner's recommendations regarding stop-loss 8
insurance; and (4) require the Office of Health Strategy to seek a state 9
innovation waiver from the federal government to establish a 10
reinsurance program in this state and, if the federal government 11
approves such request, establish such program. 12 Proposed Bill No. 218
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Statement of Purpose:
To: (1) Require the Office of Health Strategy to establish and implement
health care cost growth benchmarks in this state; (2) require the
Commissioner of Consumer Protection to submit a request to the federal
Secretary of Health and Human Services to implement a Canadian
prescription drug reimportation program in this state and, if the
secretary approves such request, implement such program in this state;
(3) implement the Insurance Commi ssioner's recommendations
regarding stop-loss insurance; and (4) require the Office of Health
Strategy to seek a state innovation waiver from the federal government
to establish a reinsurance program in this state and, if the federal
government approves such request, establish such program.