Bill Text: CT SB00014 | 2010 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

Connecticut Senate Bill 14 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: An Act Prohibiting Copayments For Preventive Care.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-19 - Motion Failed JF [SB00014 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2010-SB00014-Comm_Sub.html

General Assembly		*Substitute Bill No. 14*
*February Session, 2010*		_____SB00014INS___021710____

AN ACT PROHIBITING COPAYMENTS FOR PREVENTIVE CARE.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2010) (a) Notwithstanding any provision of title 38a of the general statutes, no group or 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, delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, amended or continued in this state on or after January 1, 2012, shall impose a copayment, deductible or other out-of-pocket expense for preventive care services.

(b) For the purposes of this section, "preventive care services" means: (1) Annual physicals and periodic health evaluations, including test and diagnostic procedures ordered in connection with routine examinations such as annual physicals; (2) routine prenatal and well-child care; (3) child and adult immunizations; (4) tobacco cessation programs; and (5) obesity weight loss programs as prescribed by a licensed physician. "Preventive care services" do not include any services or benefits to treat an existing illness, injury or condition.