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CT Gen Stat § 38a-525b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 38a - Insurance|Chapter 700c - Health Insurance|Section 38a-525b - Mandatory coverage for mobile field hospital.

 Each group health insurance policy providing coverage of the type specified in subdivisions (1) to (13), inclusive, of section 38a-469 delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, amended or continued in this state shall provide benefits for isolation care and emergency services provided by the state's mobile field hospital. Such benefits shall be subject to any policy provisions that apply to other services covered by such policy. The rates paid by group health insurance policies pursuant to this section shall be equal to the rates paid under the Medicaid program, as determined by the Department of Social Services.(P.A. 05-280, S. 65; P.A. 07-252, S. 71; P.A. 12-145, S. 50.)History: P.A. 05-280 effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 07-252 substituted “mobile field hospital” for “critical access hospital” and made a technical change, effective July 12, 2007; P.A. 12-145 deleted “on or after July 1, 2005” and made a technical change, effective June 15, 2012.See Sec. 38a-498b for similar provisions re individual policies.
CT Gen Stat § 38a-525c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 38a - Insurance|Chapter 700c - Health Insurance|Section 38a-525c - Denial of coverage prohibited for health care services rendered to persons with an elevated blood alcohol content.

 No group health insurance policy providing coverage of the type specified in subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (11) and (12) of section 38a-469 delivered, issued for delivery, amended, renewed or continued in this state shall deny coverage for health care services rendered to treat any injury sustained by any person when such injury is alleged to have occurred or occurs under circumstances in which (1) such person has an elevated blood alcohol content, or (2) such person has sustained such injury while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug or both. For the purposes of this section, “elevated blood alcohol content” means a ratio of alcohol in the blood of such person that is eight-hundredths of one per cent or more of alcohol, by weight.(P.A. 06-39, S. 2; P.A. 12-145, S. 52.)History: P.A. 12-145 deleted “on or after October 1, 2006”, effective June 15, 2012.See Sec. 38a-498c for similar provisions re individual policies.
CT Gen Stat § 38a-526a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 38a - Insurance|Chapter 700c - Health Insurance|Section 38a-526a - Coverage for telehealth services.

 (a) As used in this section, “telehealth” has the same meaning as provided in section 19a-906.(b) Each group health insurance policy providing coverage of the type specified in subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (11) and (12) of section 38a-469 of the general statutes delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, amended or continued in this state shall provide coverage for medical advice, diagnosis, care or treatment provided through telehealth, to the extent coverage is provided for such advice, diagnosis, care or treatment when provided through in-person consultation between the insured and a health care provider. Such coverage shall be subject to the same terms and conditions applicable to all other benefits under such policy.(c) No such policy shall: (1) Exclude a service for coverage solely because such service is provided only through telehealth and not through in-person consultation between the insured and a health care provider, provided telehealth is appropriate for the provision of such service; or (2) be required to reimburse a treating or consulting health care provider for the technical fees or technical costs for the provision of telehealth services.(d) Nothing in this section shall prohibit or limit a health insurer, health care center, hospital service corporation, medical service corporation or other entity from conducting utilization review for telehealth services, provided such utilization review is conducted in the same manner and uses the same clinical review criteria as a utilization review for an in-person consultation for the same service.(P.A. 15-88, S. 3; P.A. 17-15, S. 66.)History: P.A. 15-88 effective January 1, 2016; P.A. 17-15 made a technical change in Subsec. (a).See Sec. 38a-499a for similar provisions re individual policies.
CT Gen Stat § 38a-527 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 38a - Insurance|Chapter 700c - Health Insurance|Section 38a-527 - Mandatory coverage for partners, sole proprietors and corporate officers for work-related injuries.

 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes, no group health insurance policy providing coverage of the type specified in subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (6), (11) and (12) of section 38a-469 delivered, issued for delivery, amended, renewed or continued in this state may exclude coverage for a bodily injury solely because it was caused by an accident arising out of and in the course of employment to a covered individual who is: (1) A sole proprietor or business partner who is not covered by the provisions of chapter 568 or who accepts the provisions of said chapter 568 pursuant to subdivision (6) of section 31-275; or (2) an employee of a corporation and who is a corporate officer, regardless of any election by such individual to be excluded from coverage under said chapter 568 pursuant to subparagraph (E) of subdivision (5) of section 31-275. The payment of benefits pursuant to this section shall be subject to any policy provisions that apply to a claim not resulting from bodily injury caused by an accident arising out of and in the course of employment.(b) Whenever any such covered individual who receives benefits for any such injury under such policy has a right of recovery or reimbursement against any person or organization, any carrier that has paid such benefits to or for the individual shall be subrogated to all such rights of recovery or reimbursement to the extent of its payment. Such carrier shall also have a lien on the proceeds of any award or approval of any compromise made by a workers' compensation commissioner pursuant to the individual's workers' compensation claim, in accordance with the provisions of section 38a-470.(P.A. 90-243, S. 111; P.A. 10-5, S. 29.)History: P.A. 10-5 made technical changes in Subsec. (a), effective January 1, 2011.See Sec. 38a-500 for similar provisions re individual policies.
CT Gen Stat § 38a-529 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 38a - Insurance|Chapter 700c - Health Insurance|Section 38a-529 - Mandatory coverage for services provided by the Healthcare Center maintained by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

 No group health insurance policy delivered, issued for delivery or renewed in this state on or after October 1, 1988, may exclude coverage for services provided by the Healthcare Center in Rocky Hill maintained by the Department of Veterans Affairs.(P.A. 90-243, S. 113; P.A. 04-169, S. 19; P.A. 16-167, S. 50.)History: P.A. 04-169 changed the name of the Veterans' Home and Hospital to the Veterans' Home, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 16-167 replaced “Veterans' Home” with “Healthcare Center in Rocky Hill maintained by the Department of Veterans Affairs”, effective July 1, 2016.See Sec. 38a-502 for similar provisions re individual policies.
CT Gen Stat § 38a-530a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 38a - Insurance|Chapter 700c - Health Insurance|Section 38a-530a - Mandatory coverage for breast cancer survivors.

 Section 38a-530a is repealed, effective January 1, 2020.(P.A. 96-177, S. 3; P.A. 17-15, S. 68; P.A. 19-134, S. 3.)
CT Gen Stat § 38a-530b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 38a - Insurance|Chapter 700c - Health Insurance|Section 38a-530b - Carriers to permit direct access to obstetrician-gynecologist.

 (a) As used in this section, “carrier” means each insurer, health care center, hospital service corporation, medical service corporation or other entity delivering, issuing for delivery, renewing, amending or continuing any group health insurance policy in this state providing coverage of the type specified in subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (11) and (12) of section 38a-469.(b) Each carrier shall permit a female enrollee direct access to a participating in-network obstetrician-gynecologist for any gynecological examination or care related to pregnancy and shall allow direct access to a participating in-network obstetrician-gynecologist for primary and preventive obstetric and gynecologic services required as a result of any gynecological examination or as a result of a gynecological condition. Such obstetric and gynecologic services include, but are not limited to, pap smear tests. The plan may require the participating in-network obstetrician-gynecologist to discuss such services and any treatment plan with the female enrollee's primary care provider. Nothing in this section shall preclude access to an in-network nurse-midwife as licensed pursuant to sections 20-86c and 20-86g and in-network advanced practice registered nurses as licensed pursuant to sections 20-93 and 20-94a for obstetrical and gynecological services within their scope of practice.(c) Each carrier may allow a female enrollee to designate either a participating, in-network obstetrician-gynecologist or any other in-network physician designated by the carrier as a primary care provider, or both, and may offer the same choice to all female enrollees.(P.A. 95-199, S. 2; P.A. 96-227, S. 15; P.A. 01-171, S. 19; P.A. 10-32, S. 121; P.A. 11-19, S. 50; P.A. 14-122, S. 51; P.A. 19-125, S. 11.)History: P.A. 96-227 amended Subsec. (a) to include Subdiv. (12) in its citation to Sec. 38a-469; P.A. 01-171 amended Subsec. (b) to provide that “such obstetric and gynecologic services include, but are not limited to, pap smear tests”; P.A. 10-32 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective May 10, 2010; P.A. 11-19 inserted “or continuing” and made technical changes in Subsec. (a), effective January 1, 2012; P.A. 14-122 made a technical change in Subsec. (b); P.A. 19-125 amended Subsec. (a) to redefine “carrier”, effective January 1, 2020.
CT Gen Stat § 38a-530c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 38a - Insurance|Chapter 700c - Health Insurance|Section 38a-530c - Mandatory coverage for maternity care. Interhospital transfer of newborn infant and mother.

 (a) As used in this section, “carrier” means each insurer, health care center, hospital service corporation, medical service corporation or other entity delivering, issuing for delivery, renewing, amending or continuing any group health insurance policy in this state providing coverage of the type specified in subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (6), (10), (11) and (12) of section 38a-469.(b) Each group health insurance carrier that offers maternity benefits shall provide coverage of a minimum of forty-eight hours of inpatient care for a mother and her newborn infant following a vaginal delivery and a minimum of ninety-six hours of inpatient care for a mother and her newborn infant following a caesarean delivery. The time periods shall commence at the time of delivery.(c) Any decision to shorten the length of inpatient stay to less than that provided under subsection (b) of this section shall be made by the attending health care providers after conferring with the mother.(d) If a mother and newborn are discharged pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, prior to the inpatient length of stay provided under subsection (b) of this section, coverage shall be provided for a follow-up visit within forty-eight hours of discharge and an additional follow-up visit within seven days of discharge. Such follow-up services shall include, but not be limited to, physical assessment of the newborn, parent education, assistance and training in breast or bottle feeding, assessment of the home support system and the performance of any medically necessary and appropriate clinical tests. Such services shall be consistent with protocols and guidelines developed by attending providers or by national pediatric, obstetric and nursing professional organizations for these services and shall be provided by qualified health care personnel trained in postpartum maternal and newborn pediatric care.(e) No group health insurance carrier subject to this section shall require prior authorization for the interhospital transfer of (1) a newborn infant experiencing a life-threatening emergency or condition, or (2) the hospitalized mother of such newborn infant to accompany her newborn infant.(P.A. 96-177, S. 2, 6; P.A. 11-19, S. 52; P.A. 15-118, S. 53; P.A. 16-162, S. 2; P.A. 17-15, S. 69, 70.)History: P.A. 96-177 effective May 24, 1996; P.A. 11-19 inserted “or continuing” and made technical changes in Subsec. (a), effective January 1, 2012; P.A. 15-118 deleted former Subsec. (e) re policyholder notice requirement; P.A. 16-162 added Subsec. (e) re interhospital transfer of newborn infant and mother, effective January 1, 2017; P.A. 17-15 replaced “group insurance carrier” with “group health insurance carrier” in Subsecs. (b) and (e).See Sec. 38a-503c for similar provisions re individual policies.
CT Gen Stat § 38a-530d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 38a - Insurance|Chapter 700c - Health Insurance|Section 38a-530d - Mandatory coverage for mastectomy care. Termination of provider contract prohibited.

 (a) Each group health insurance policy providing coverage of the type specified in subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (10), (11) and (12) of section 38a-469 delivered, issued for delivery, amended, renewed or continued in this state shall provide coverage for at least forty-eight hours of inpatient care following a mastectomy or lymph node dissection, and shall provide coverage for a longer period of inpatient care if such care is recommended by the patient's treating physician after conferring with the patient. No such insurance policy may require mastectomy surgery or lymph node dissection to be performed on an outpatient basis. Outpatient surgery or shorter inpatient care is allowable under this section if the patient's treating physician recommends such outpatient surgery or shorter inpatient care after conferring with the patient.(b) No group health insurance carrier may terminate the services of, require additional documentation from, require additional utilization review, reduce payments or otherwise penalize or provide financial disincentives to any attending health care provider on the basis that the provider orders care consistent with the provisions of this section.(P.A. 97-198, S. 2, 5; P.A. 11-19, S. 9.)History: P.A. 97-198 effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 11-19 made a technical change in Subsec. (a).See Sec. 38a-503d for similar provisions re individual policies.
CT Gen Stat § 38a-531. (Formerly Sec. 38-174hh) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 38a - Insurance|Chapter 700c - Health Insurance|Section 38a-531. (Formerly Sec. 38-174hh) - Mandatory coverage for employees of certain employers. Approval of policy forms.

 (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Employer” means any person, firm, corporation, limited liability company, partnership or association engaged in business who has employees in this state; (2) “employee” means any person engaged in service to an employer in a business of an employer; and (3) “continued” or “continuance date” means the anniversary date of the issuance of a policy after which the policy remains in effect until cancelled.(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of the general statutes, each group health insurance policy providing coverage of the type specified in subdivisions (1), (2) and (4) of section 38a-469 delivered, issued for delivery, renewed or continued in any other state offered by an employer, shall provide to covered employees of such employer employed in this state whenever, on the initial effective date of such policy or any renewal or continuance date thereafter, fifty-one per cent or more of the covered employees of such employer are employed in this state, coverage that meets the requirements of this title. The forms of such policies shall be submitted to the Insurance Commissioner for approval.(P.A. 88-110; P.A. 89-83; P.A. 90-20, S. 1; 90-243, S. 115; P.A. 92-60, S. 26; P.A. 95-79, S. 142, 189; P.A. 03-119, S. 2.)History: P.A. 89-83 required coverage for mammography as set forth in Sec. 38-174gg when 51% or more of the employees covered under a policy provided by an employer are employed in this state; P.A. 90-20 amended Subsec. (a) to include a definition of “continued” and to amend Subsec. (b) to require mandatory benefits for preventive pediatric care policies when 51% or more of covered employees are employed in this state; P.A. 90-243 made technical changes for statutory consistency; Sec. 38-174hh transferred to Sec. 38a-531 in 1991; P.A. 92-60 amended Subsec. (b) to replace the “individual health insurance” section references with “group health insurance” section references for statutory consistency; P.A. 95-79 amended Subsec. (a) to redefine “employer” to include a limited liability company, effective May 31, 1995; P.A. 03-119 made a technical change in Subsec. (a) and amended Subsec. (b) to replace requirement that coverage meet the requirements of certain enumerated sections with requirement that coverage meet the requirements of this title, delete references to certain dates and make technical changes.
CT Gen Stat § 38a-532. (Formerly Sec. 38-262a) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 38a - Insurance|Chapter 700c - Health Insurance|Section 38a-532. (Formerly Sec. 38-262a) - Assignment of incidents of ownership under group life, health or accident policy.

 Any person who is insured under any policy of group health insurance may make an assignment of all or any part of such insured's incidents of ownership in such insurance, including, without limitation, any right to designate a beneficiary or beneficiaries thereunder and any right to have an individual policy issued upon termination either of employment or of said policy of group health insurance, if applicable, except that the insurer or group policyholder may prohibit or restrict such assignment by appropriate policy provisions. Such an assignment, subject to the terms of the policy or agreement between the group policyholder and the insurer, is valid for the purpose of vesting in the assignee, in accordance with any provisions included therein as to the time at which it is to be effective, all rights, benefits and incidents of ownership conferred under the policy and shall entitle the insurer to deal with the assignee as the owner of such rights, benefits and incidents of ownership, provided the insurer shall not be affected by any assignment until the insurer has received written notice thereof.(1969, P.A. 205, S. 1; P.A. 73-97; P.A. 90-243, S. 116; P.A. 17-15, S. 71.)History: P.A. 73-97 made provisions applicable to group accident and group accident and health insurance, clarified assignment rights and deleted obsolete reference to May 21, 1969; Sec. 38-153a transferred to Sec. 38-262a in 1975; P.A. 90-243 made technical changes for statutory consistency and deleted references to “group accident insurance” and “life insurance”; Sec. 38-262a transferred to Sec. 38a-532 in 1991; P.A. 17-15 made technical changes.Annotation to former section 38-153a:When conservatrix prohibited from assigning group life policy. 30 CS 327.
CT Gen Stat § 38a-534 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 38a - Insurance|Chapter 700c - Health Insurance|Section 38a-534 - Coverage for services performed by chiropractors.

 Each group health insurance policy providing coverage of the type specified in subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (6) and (11) of section 38a-469, delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, amended or continued in this state shall provide coverage for services rendered by a chiropractor licensed under chapter 372 to the same extent coverage is provided for services rendered by a physician, if such chiropractic services (1) treat a condition covered under such policy, and (2) are within those services a chiropractor is licensed to perform.(P.A. 90-243, S. 177; P.A. 11-19, S. 56.)History: P.A. 11-19 inserted “amended or continued” and made technical changes, effective January 1, 2012.See Sec. 38a-507 for similar provisions re individual policies.
CT Gen Stat § 38a-535 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 38a - Insurance|Chapter 700c - Health Insurance|Section 38a-535 - Mandatory coverage for preventive pediatric care and blood lead screening and risk assessment.

 (a) For purposes of this section, “preventive pediatric care” means the periodic review of a child's physical and emotional health from birth through six years of age by or under the supervision of a physician. Such review shall include a medical history, complete physical examination, developmental assessment, anticipatory guidance, appropriate immunizations and laboratory tests in keeping with prevailing medical standards.(b) Each group health insurance policy providing coverage of the type specified in subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (11) and (12) of section 38a-469 delivered, issued for delivery or renewed on or after October 1, 1989, or continued as defined in section 38a-531, on or after October 1, 1990, shall provide benefits for preventive pediatric care for any child covered by the policy or contract at approximately the following age intervals: Every two months from birth to six months of age, every three months from nine to eighteen months of age and annually from two through six years of age. Any such policy may provide that services rendered during a periodic review shall be covered to the extent that such services are provided by or under the supervision of a single physician during the course of one visit. On and after January 1, 2009, each such policy shall also provide coverage for blood lead screening and risk assessments ordered by a primary care provider pursuant to section 19a-111g. Such benefits shall be subject to any policy provisions which apply to other services covered by such policy.(P.A. 89-101; P.A. 90-20, S. 2; 90-243, S. 178; P.A. 91-407, S. 6, 42; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2, S. 52; P.A. 19-125, S. 12.)History: P.A. 90-20 made technical changes in Subsec. (a) and amended Subsec. (b) to require mandatory benefits for preventive pediatric care policies which are continued on or after October 1, 1990; P.A. 90-243 deleted the references to “group hospital or medical expense insurance policy” and “group hospital or medical service plan contract” and inserted “health insurance policy”, made technical corrections for statutory consistency and deleted the reference to “contract”; P.A. 91-407 amended Subsec. (b) by changing “two to six years” to “two through six years”; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2 amended Subsec. (b) to mandate coverage for blood lead screening and risk assessments ordered by a primary care provider under Sec. 19a-111g and to make a technical change, effective January 1, 2009; P.A. 19-125 amended Subsec. (b) to delete reference to Sec. 38a-469(6), effective January 1, 2020.
CT Gen Stat § 38a-535a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 38a - Insurance|Chapter 700c - Health Insurance|Section 38a-535a - Notification of individual coverage and benefits of a noncustodial parent to a custodial parent, when. Regulations.

 Section 38a-535a is repealed, effective July 1, 1995.(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-5, S. 5, 30; P.A. 95-305, S. 5, 6.)
CT Gen Stat § 38a-538. (Formerly Sec. 38-262d) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 38a - Insurance|Chapter 700c - Health Insurance|Section 38a-538. (Formerly Sec. 38-262d) - Continuation of benefits under group employee health plans.

 Section 38a-538 is repealed, effective July 10, 2015.(P.A. 75-417; P.A. 82-340; P.A. 87-274, S. 1; P.A. 90-243, S. 119; P.A. 92-158; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-11, S. 69, 70; P.A. 97-268, S. 1; P.A. 10-5, S. 30; 10-13, S. 1; P.A. 13-134, S. 21; P.A. 15-247, S. 38.)