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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 149 1 of 1 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 458 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2025 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 149 | |
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| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY | |
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| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | SEN. ANWAR, 3rd Dist. | |
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| 18 | 18 | AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL | |
| 19 | 19 | TO INVESTIGATE AND INITIATE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IN | |
| 20 | 20 | RESPONSE TO ALLEGED PRICE GOUGING BY THE INSURANCE, | |
| 21 | 21 | PHARMACEUTICAL, PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGEMENT AND | |
| 22 | 22 | UTILITY SECTORS. | |
| 23 | 23 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 24 | 24 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 26 | 26 | That chapter 35 of the general statutes be amended to provide that 1 | |
| 27 | 27 | the Office of the Attorney General may investigate, intervene in or bring 2 | |
| 28 | 28 | a civil or administrative action in the name of the state, seeking 3 | |
| 29 | 29 | injunctive or declaratory relief, damages and any other relief that may 4 | |
| 30 | 30 | be available under law, whenever any person in the insurance, 5 | |
| 31 | 31 | pharmaceutical, pharmacy benefit management or utility sector is or has 6 | |
| 32 | 32 | engaged in a practice or pattern of conduct that constitutes price 7 | |
| 33 | 33 | gouging. 8 | |
| 34 | 34 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 35 | 35 | To ensure greater accountability and protect residents from unfair | |
| 36 | 36 | pricing practices by the insurance, pharmaceutical, pharmacy benefit | |
| 37 | 37 | management and utility sectors that compromise affordability and | |
| 38 | 38 | access to critical services. |