| Old | New | Differences | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | - | LCO 1 of 2 | |
| 3 | + | LCO No. 5687 1 of 2 | |
| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | - | General Assembly | |
| 5 | + | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1479 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2025 | |
| 7 | + | LCO No. 5687 | |
| 8 | + | ||
| 9 | + | ||
| 10 | + | Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES | |
| 11 | + | ||
| 12 | + | ||
| 13 | + | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | + | (HS) | |
| 7 | 15 | ||
| 8 | 16 | ||
| 9 | 17 | ||
| 10 | - | AN ACT CONCERNING WITHHOLDING MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT | |
| 11 | - | FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS WHO REQUIRE MANDATORY | |
| 12 | - | ARBITRATION IN BILLING DISPUTES. | |
| 18 | + | ||
| 19 | + | AN ACT CONCERNING ARBITRATION AND HEALTH CARE. | |
| 13 | 20 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 14 | 21 | Assembly convened: | |
| 15 | 22 | ||
| 16 | 23 | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2025) (a) As used in this section, 1 | |
| 17 | 24 | (1) "health care provider" has the same meaning as provided in section 2 | |
| 18 | 25 | 19a-17b of the general statutes, and (2) "mandatory arbitration clause" 3 | |
| 19 | 26 | means a clause in a health care provider agreement with a patient 4 | |
| 20 | 27 | requiring the patient to submit to mandatory arbitration to resolve a 5 | |
| 21 | 28 | billing dispute. 6 | |
| 22 | 29 | (b) On and after October 1, 2025, the Commissioner of Social Services 7 | |
| 23 | - | shall require that a health care provider not use | |
| 24 | - | ||
| 25 | - | ||
| 26 | - | ||
| 30 | + | shall require that a health care provider not use mandatory arbitration 8 | |
| 31 | + | clauses in health care provider agreements with any patient as a 9 | |
| 32 | + | condition of Medicaid reimbursement for providing health care 10 | |
| 33 | + | services. 11 | |
| 27 | 34 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following | |
| 28 | 35 | sections: | |
| 29 | 36 | ||
| 30 | 37 | Section 1 October 1, 2025 New section | |
| 31 | - | Substitute Bill No. 1479 | |
| 38 | + | ||
| 39 | + | Raised Bill No. 1479 | |
| 32 | 40 | ||
| 33 | 41 | ||
| 34 | - | LCO 2 of 2 | |
| 35 | 42 | ||
| 36 | - | Statement of Legislative Commissioners: | |
| 37 | - | In Subsec. (b), "receiving" was inserted before "Medicaid | |
| 38 | - | reimbursement" and "to Medicaid recipients" was inserted after | |
| 39 | - | "services" for clarity. | |
| 43 | + | LCO No. 5687 2 of 2 | |
| 40 | 44 | ||
| 41 | - | HS Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO | |
| 45 | + | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 46 | + | To prohibit health care providers from receiving Medicaid | |
| 47 | + | reimbursement if they require consumers to use mandatory arbitration | |
| 48 | + | for billing disputes. | |
| 49 | + | ||
| 50 | + | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except | |
| 51 | + | that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not | |
| 52 | + | underlined.] | |
| 42 | 53 |