CT Gen Stat § 38a-47. (Formerly Sec. 38-53a) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 38a - Insurance|Chapter 698 - Insurers|Section 38a-47. (Formerly Sec. 38-53a) - Payments by domestic insurance companies for expenditures of Insurance Department and amount appropriated to Office of Health Strategy from Insurance Fund.

 (a) All domestic insurance companies and other domestic entities subject to taxation under chapter 207 shall, in accordance with section 38a-48, annually pay to the Insurance Commissioner, for deposit in the Insurance Fund established under section 38a-52a, an amount equal to:(1) The actual expenditures made by the Insurance Department during each fiscal year, and the actual expenditures made by the Office of the Healthcare Advocate, including the cost of fringe benefits for department and office personnel as estimated by the Comptroller;(2) The amount appropriated to the Office of Health Strategy from the Insurance Fund for the fiscal year, including the cost of fringe benefits for office personnel as estimated by the Comptroller;(3) The expenditures made on behalf of the department and said offices from the Capital Equipment Purchase Fund pursuant to section 4a-9 for such year, but excluding such estimated expenditures made on behalf of the Health Systems Planning Unit of the Office of Health Strategy; and(4) The amount appropriated to the Department of Aging and Disability Services for the fall prevention program established in section 17a-303a from the Insurance Fund for the fiscal year.(b) The expenditures and amounts specified in subdivisions (1) to (4), inclusive, of subsection (a) of this section shall exclude expenditures paid for by fraternal benefit societies, foreign and alien insurance companies and other foreign and alien entities under sections 38a-49 and 38a-50.(c) Payments shall be made by assessment of all such domestic insurance companies and other domestic entities calculated and collected in accordance with the provisions of section 38a-48. Any such domestic insurance company or other domestic entity aggrieved because of any assessment levied under this section may appeal therefrom in accordance with the provisions of section 38a-52.(P.A. 80-482, S. 280, 345, 348; P.A. 82-26, S. 1; 82-456, S. 1, 2; P.A. 85-185, S. 1, 3; P.A. 86-265, S. 1, 2; P.A. 87-515, S. 3, 4; P.A. 89-165, S. 1, 3; P.A. 90-148, S. 25, 34; 90-243, S. 20; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-14, S. 12, 30; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 66, 131; P.A. 05-102, S. 3; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5, S. 53; P.A. 14-116, S. 1; 14-217, S. 69; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 312; P.A. 18-91, S. 64; 18-169, S. 36; P.A. 19-157, S.88.)History: P.A. 82-26 provided that the comptroller rather than administrative services department estimate fringe benefit costs for insurance department personnel; P.A. 82-456 increased the percentage of expenditures of the insurance department paid by companies from 70% to 100% and eliminated the 8% of taxes and charges option, replacing it with various dollar amounts per fiscal year; P.A. 85-185 provided the method of calculation of the proper amount for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1984; P.A. 86-265 added Subsec. (b), providing for an assessment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1987, covering the total expenditures of the department in that year, and amended Subsec. (a) to provide that the amount assessed pursuant to Subsec. (b) shall be used as the basis for the calculation of the assessments for the following years; P.A. 87-515 provided that domestic insurance companies shall be assessed for the actual expenditures made by the department during each fiscal year, and removed prior limitations on the total assessment amount; P.A. 89-165 provided that domestic insurance companies shall be assessed for the expenditures made on behalf of the department from the capital equipment purchase fund; P.A. 90-148 inserted reference to Sec. 38-53b as a technical change related to certain procedural amendments occurring in said Sec. 38-53b; P.A. 90-243 inserted references to “foreign” and “alien” insurance companies to replace references to “nonresident” and “foreign” companies; Sec. 38-53a transferred to Sec. 38a-47 in 1991; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-14 deleted reference to deposit general fund and substituted reference to insurance fund deposits; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9 added provisions re expenditures by the Office of the Managed Care Ombudsman, effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 05-102 renamed the Office of the Managed Care Ombudsman the Office of the Healthcare Advocate; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5 designated provision re expenditures from Capital Equipment Purchase Fund as Subdiv. (1) and added Subdiv. (2) re payment for amount appropriated to Department of Social Services for fall prevention program, effective October 5, 2009; P.A. 14-116 changed “Department of Social Services” to “Department on Aging” in Subdiv. (2), effective June 6, 2014; P.A. 14-217 made identical change as P.A. 14-116, effective June 13, 2014; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 replaced “Department on Aging” with “Department of Social Services” in Subdiv. (2), effective October 31, 2017; P.A. 18-91 designated existing provisions re annual payment to Insurance Commissioner as Subsec. (a) and amended same by deleting former Subdiv. designators (1) and (2), designating existing provisions re actual expenditures as new Subdiv. (1), adding new Subdiv. (2) re amount appropriated to Office of Health Strategy, designating existing provisions re expenditures made from Capital Equipment Purchase Fund as Subdiv. (3) and adding provision re estimated expenditures made on behalf of the Health Systems Planning Unit in Subdiv. (3), and designating existing provisions re fall prevention program as Subdiv. (4), designated existing provisions re expenditures paid for by fraternal benefit societies and foreign and alien insurance entities as Subsec. (b) and amended same by adding provision re expenditures and amounts excluded, designated existing provisions re payments made by assessment as Subsec. (c), and made technical and conforming changes, effective May 14, 2018; P.A. 18-169 replaced “Department of Social Services” with “Department of Rehabilitation Services” in Subdiv. (2), effective June 14, 2018; P.A. 19-157 amended Subsec. (a)(4) by replacing “Department of Rehabilitation Services” with “Department of Aging and Disability Services”.