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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 1099
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 2479
Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
SEN. MARONEY, 14th Dist.
AN ACT REQUIRING HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR
RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY FOLLOWING MELANOMA SURGERY
ON THE FACE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That chapter 700c of the general statutes be amended to require that 1
individual and group health insurance policies provide health 2
insurance coverage for reconstructive surgery following melanoma 3
surgery on the face, including surgical procedures necessary to correct 4
disfigurement, restore normal symmetry and correct functional 5
impairments resulting from such melanoma surgery. 6
Statement of Purpose:
To require that individual and group health insurance policies provide
health insurance coverage for reconstructive surgery following
melanoma surgery on the face, including surgical procedures necessary
to correct disfigurement, restore normal symmetry and correct
functional impairments resulting from such melanoma surgery.