Bill Text: CT SB00314 | 2011 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Mental Or Nervous Conditions Under The Connecticut Unfair Insurance Practices Act.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-3-1)

Status: (Passed) 2011-07-13 - Signed by the Governor [SB00314 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2011-SB00314-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 314
January Session, 2011		LCO No. 1970
Referred to Committee on Insurance and Real Estate
Introduced by:
SEN. CRISCO, 17th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING UNFAIR INSURANCE PRACTICES AND INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR MENTAL OR NERVOUS CONDITIONS.

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

That title 38a of the general statutes be amended to specify that it shall be an unfair insurance practice to refuse to insure, refuse to continue to insure or limit the amount, extent or kind of coverage available to an individual or charge a different rate for the same coverage because such individual has been diagnosed with a mental or nervous condition, as defined in sections 38a-488a and 38a-514 of the general statutes.

Statement of Purpose:

To specify that it shall be an unfair insurance practice to refuse to insure, refuse to continue to insure or limit the amount, extent or kind of coverage available to an individual or charge a different rate for the same coverage because such individual has been diagnosed with a mental or nervous condition, as defined in sections 38a-488a and 38a-514 of the general statutes.