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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 114 1 of 1 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 456 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2025 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 114 | |
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| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY | |
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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 HEALTH INSURER LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES | |
| 19 | 19 | AND HARMS CAUSED BY UNDUE DELAY IN AUTHORIZING OR | |
| 20 | 20 | APPROVING CARE. | |
| 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 chapter 925 of the general statutes be amended to provide that 1 | |
| 25 | 25 | no action may be brought to recover damages from a licensed health 2 | |
| 26 | 26 | care professional that is attributable to adverse outcomes directly 3 | |
| 27 | 27 | caused by a health insurer's delay in authorizing or approving care, and 4 | |
| 28 | 28 | that such action may instead be brought directly against a health insurer 5 | |
| 29 | 29 | for damages and harms caused by the undue delay in authorizing or 6 | |
| 30 | 30 | approving care. 7 | |
| 31 | 31 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 32 | 32 | To ensure that a health insurer is held accountable for the insurer's role | |
| 33 | 33 | in restricting timely patient access to necessary health care treatment, | |
| 34 | 34 | while shielding a licensed medical professional from undue legal risks | |
| 35 | 35 | associated with the delay. |