Connecticut Senate Bill 1008 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-3-1)
Status: Passed on June 16 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-06-16 - Signed by the Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

To: (1) Require the Insurance Commissioner, in consultation with the Commissioner of Public Health, to adopt regulations to ensure that (A) each health care provider, health carrier, pharmacist, pharmacy and pharmacy benefits manager doing business in this state is informed that a pulse oximeter is more likely to produce an inaccurate blood oxygen level reading for an insured who is an individual of color as opposed to an insured who is a white individual, and (B) each insured in this state (i) who receives a covered pulse oximeter is informed that such pulse oximeter is more likely to produce an inaccurate blood oxygen level reading for such insured if such insured is an individual of color as opposed to an insured who is a white individual, and (ii) is informed that if such insured receives an inaccurate blood oxygen level reading as measured by a pulse oximeter such insured may be deprived of medically necessary health care services due to such inaccurate reading; and (2) provide that no insurer, health care center, hospital service corporation, medical service corporation, fraternal benefit society or other entity delivering, issuing, renewing, amending or continuing certain individual and group health insurance policies in this state may deny coverage for an otherwise covered benefit if such denial is exclusively based on an insured's blood oxygen level as measured by a pulse oximeter.

An Act Concerning Health Equity, The Coronavirus Pandemic And Pulse Oximeters.

House Insurance and Real Estate Committee	Rep. Patricia Dillon [D]	Sen. Martin Looney [D]	Rep. Joshua Elliott [D]
Rep. Robyn Porter [D]	Rep. Juan Candelaria [D]	Rep. David Michel [D]	Sen. Tony Hwang [R]
Sen. Robert Sampson [R]	Rep. Kerry Szeps Wood [D]	Rep. Tom Delnicki [R]	Rep. Kenneth Gucker [D]
Rep. Hilda Santiago [D]	Sen. Saud Anwar [D]	Rep. Dorinda Keenan Borer [D]

2021-06-03 - House - House Roll Call Vote 278 AS AMENDED (Y: 147 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2021-03-22 - Joint - INS Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable) (Y: 18 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-06-16	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2021-06-10	Senate	Transmitted by Secretary of the State to Governor
2021-06-10	Senate	Transmitted to the Secretary of State
2021-06-09	Senate	Public Act 21-57
2021-06-03	Senate	In Concurrence
2021-06-03	Senate	House Passed as Amended by Senate Amendment Schedule A
2021-06-03	Senate	House Adopted Senate Amendment Schedule A
2021-04-29	Senate	House Calendar Number 449
2021-04-29	Senate	Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
2021-04-28	Senate	On Consent Calendar
2021-04-28	Senate	Senate Passed as Amended by Senate Amendment Schedule A
2021-04-28	Senate	Senate Adopted Senate Amendment Schedule A 7678
2021-04-08	Senate	File Number 365
2021-04-08	Senate	Senate Calendar Number 232
2021-04-08	Senate	Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
2021-04-08	Senate	Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
2021-04-01	Senate	Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/07/21 5:00 PM
2021-03-23	Senate	Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
2021-03-22	Senate	Joint Favorable
2021-03-05	Senate	Public Hearing 03/09
2021-03-04	Senate	Referred to Joint Committee on Insurance and Real Estate

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=SB01008&which_year=2021
Text	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-01008-R00-SB.PDF
Text	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-01008-R01-SB.PDF
Text	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00057-R00SB-01008-PA.PDF
Amendment	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/amd/S/pdf/2021SB-01008-R00SA-AMD.pdf
Amendment	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/lcoamd/pdf/2021LCO07664-R00-AMD.pdf
Supplement	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FN/PDF/2021SB-01008-R000365-FN.PDF
Supplement	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/BA/PDF/2021SB-01008-R000365-BA.PDF
Supplement	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/fna/pdf/2021SB-01008-R00LCO07664-FNA.pdf
Supplement	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FN/PDF/2021SB-01008-R01-FN.PDF
Supplement	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/fna/pdf/2021SB-01008-R00LCO07678-FNA.PDF
Supplement	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/BA/PDF/2021SB-01008-R01-BA.PDF
Supplement	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/SUM/PDF/2021SUM00057-R02SB-01008-SUM.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TS/S/PDF/2021SB-01008-R00INS-CV44-TS.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/VOTE/H/PDF/2021HV-00278-R00SB01008-HV.PDF