AN ACT REQUIRING HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR WOUND CARE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2010) Each individual 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 that is delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, amended or continued in this state on or after January 1, 2010, shall provide coverage for wound-care supplies that are medically necessary for the treatment of epidermolysis bullosa and are administered under the direction of a physician.
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2010) 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 that is delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, amended or continued in this state on or after January 1, 2010, shall provide coverage for wound-care supplies that are medically necessary for the treatment of epidermolysis bullosa and are administered under the direction of a physician.
Approved May 21, 2009