18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-8 changed reporting date from January 15, 1999, to March 1, 1999, and in Subdiv. (3)(C) changed "complaints" to "managed care complaints", effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 99-284 deleted obsolete reference to Sec. 38a-514a, effective January 1, 2000; P.A. 00-196 made a technical change; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-4 replaced reference to Sec. 19a-647 with reference to Sec. 38a-479aa; P.A. 03-169 added provisions re preferred provider networks in Subdivs. (3) and (5); P.A. 11-58 replaced references to Secs. 38a-226 to 38a-226d and 38a-478n with "sections 38a-591a to 38a-591h, inclusive," and "section 38a-591g", respectively, added "concerning managed care organizations" in Subdiv. (4), and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2011.
Section 38a-478b - Penalty for managed care organization's failure to file data and reports. Commissioner's report to the Governor and the General Assembly on organizations that fail to file data and reports.
(a) Each managed care organization, as defined in section 38a-478, that fails to file the data, reports or information required by sections 38a-478 to 38a-478u, inclusive, 38a-479aa, 38a-591a to 38a-591h, inclusive, and 38a-993 shall pay a late fee of one hundred dollars per day for each day from the due date of such data, reports or information to the date of filing. Each managed care organization that files incomplete data, reports or information shall be so informed by the commissioner, shall be given a date by which to remedy such incomplete filing and shall pay said late fee commencing from the new due date.
(b) On June first annually, the commissioner shall submit to the Governor and to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health and insurance, a list of those managed care organizations that have failed to file any data, report or information required by sections 38a-478 to 38a-478u, inclusive, 38a-479aa, 38a-591a to 38a-591h, inclusive, and 38a-993.
(P.A. 97-99, S. 3; P.A. 99-284, S. 52, 60; P.A. 00-196, S. 23; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-4, S. 24; P.A. 11-58, S. 71.)
History: P.A. 99-284 deleted obsolete references to Sec. 38a-514a, effective January 1, 2000; P.A. 00-196 made a technical change in Subsec. (b); June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-4 replaced references to Sec. 19a-647 with references to Sec. 38a-479aa; P.A. 11-58 replaced references to Secs. 38a-226 to 38a-226d with "sections 38a-591a to 38a-591h, inclusive," and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2011.
Section 38a-478c - Managed care organization's report to the commissioner: Data, reports and information required.
(a) On or before May first of each year, each managed care organization shall submit to the commissioner:
(1) A report on its quality assurance plan that includes, but is not limited to, information on complaints related to providers and quality of care, on decisions related to patient requests for coverage and on prior authorization statistics. Statistical information shall be submitted in a manner permitting comparison across plans and shall include, but not be limited to: (A) The ratio of the number of complaints received to the number of