S.B. No. 42
Session Year 2019
 


AN ACT CONCERNING COINSURANCE, COPAYMENTS AND DEDUCTIBLES AND CONTRACTING BY HEALTH CARRIERS.

To: (1) Modify the manner in which coinsurance, copayment and deductible payments are calculated, and provide that any failure to calculate such payments in the specified manner shall constitute an unfair trade practice in violation of the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act; (2) prohibit health carriers from entering into or amending contracts that, by their terms, would require them to violate the fiduciary duties that they owe to their insureds; and (3) modify the manner in which managed care plans calculate deductible and coinsurance payments.

Introduced by:
Insurance and Real Estate Committee

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Co-sponsors for Amendment LCO:

Bill History

 Date Action Taken
 5/28/2019House Calendar Number 669
 5/28/2019Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
 5/28/2019Immediate Transmittal to the House
 5/28/2019Senate Passed as Amended by Senate Amendment Schedule A
 5/28/2019Senate Adopted Senate Amendment Schedule A 9788
 5/1/2019Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
 5/1/2019No New File by Committee on Judiciary
 5/1/2019(LCO)Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
 5/1/2019(LCO)Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
 4/30/2019(JUD)Joint Favorable
 4/24/2019Referred by Senate to Committee on Judiciary
 4/2/2019(LCO)File Number 308
 4/2/2019Senate Calendar Number 162
 4/2/2019Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
 4/2/2019(LCO)Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
 3/26/2019(LCO)Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/01/19 5:00 PM
 3/18/2019(LCO)Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
 3/14/2019(INS)Joint Favorable
 3/8/2019Referred to Joint Committee on Insurance and Real Estate
 3/7/2019Drafted by Committee
 2/28/2019(INS)Vote to Draft
 2/1/2019Public Hearing 02/07
 1/24/2019(INS)Reserved for Subject Matter Public Hearing
 1/15/2019Referred to Joint Committee on Insurance and Real Estate

Co-sponsors of SB-42

Sen. Martin M. Looney, 11th Dist.

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