Connecticut 2021 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB01044 Latest Draft

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General Assembly  Raised Bill No. 1044  
January Session, 2021 
LCO No. 4580 
 
 
Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE  
 
 
Introduced by:  
(INS)  
 
 
 
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUD Y INSURANCE 
AND HEALTH CARE IN THIS STATE.  
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force 1 
to study insurance and health care in this state. 2 
(b) The task force shall consist of the following members: 3 
(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives;  4 
(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate; 5 
(3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of 6 
Representatives; 7 
(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; 8 
(5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of 9 
Representatives; 10 
(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate; 11  Raised Bill No. 1044 
 
 
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(7) The Insurance Commissioner, or the commissioner's designee; 12 
and 13 
(8) Two appointed by the Governor. 14 
(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1), 15 
(2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member 16 
of the General Assembly. 17 
(d) All initial appointments to the task force shall be made not later 18 
than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall 19 
be filled by the appointing authority. 20 
(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro 21 
tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force from 22 
among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall schedule 23 
the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not later than sixty 24 
days after the effective date of this section. 25 
(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 26 
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to insurance 27 
shall serve as administrative staff of the task force. 28 
(g) Not later than January 1, 2022, the task force shall submit a report 29 
on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committee of 30 
the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to 31 
insurance, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the 32 
general statutes. The task force shall terminate on the date that it 33 
submits such report or January 1, 2022, whichever is later. 34 
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following 
sections: 
 
Section 1 from passage New section 
 
INS Joint Favorable