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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 1162 1 of 1 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5172 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2025 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 1162 | |
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| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE | |
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| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | REP. TURCO, 27th Dist. | |
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| 18 | 18 | AN ACT PROHIBITING HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND CLINICAL | |
| 19 | 19 | LABORATORIES FROM IMPOSING OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES | |
| 20 | 20 | BASED ON ESTIMATES OF CHARGES. | |
| 21 | 21 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 22 | 22 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 24 | 24 | That the general statutes be amended to prohibit any health care 1 | |
| 25 | 25 | provider or clinical laboratory from imposing, for health care services 2 | |
| 26 | 26 | or treatment rendered to an insured, a coinsurance, copayment, 3 | |
| 27 | 27 | deductible or other out-of-pocket expense at the time of such service or 4 | |
| 28 | 28 | treatment based on an estimate of charges, rather than an amount 5 | |
| 29 | 29 | identified in the medical bill for such service or treatment. 6 | |
| 30 | 30 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 31 | 31 | To prohibit any health care provider or clinical laboratory from | |
| 32 | 32 | imposing, for health care services or treatment rendered to an insured, | |
| 33 | 33 | a coinsurance, copayment, deductible or other out-of-pocket expense at | |
| 34 | 34 | the time of such service or treatment based on an estimate of charges, | |
| 35 | 35 | rather than an amount identified in the medical bill for such service or | |
| 36 | 36 | treatment. |