Bill Text: CT SB01048 | 2011 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Dental And Health Care Reform.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-27 - Referred by Senate to Committee on Appropriations [SB01048 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2011-SB01048-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 1048
January Session, 2011		LCO No. 3819
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Referred to Committee on Public Health
Introduced by:
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AN ACT CONCERNING DENTAL AND HEALTH CARE REFORM.

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

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2012) Each individual health insurance policy providing coverage of the type specified in subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (11), (12) and (16) of section 38a-469 of the general statutes delivered, issued for delivery, amended, renewed or continued in this state that includes coverage for dental care services shall provide that coverage of a child for dental care services shall terminate not earlier than the policy anniversary date on or after the date on which the child attains the age of twenty-six. Each such policy shall cover a stepchild on the same basis as a biological child.

Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2012) Each group health insurance policy providing coverage of the type specified in subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (11), (12) and (16) of section 38a-469 of the general statutes delivered, issued for delivery, amended, renewed or continued in this state that includes coverage for dental care services shall provide that coverage of a child for dental care services shall terminate not earlier than the policy anniversary date on or after the date on which the child attains the age of twenty-six. Each such policy shall cover a stepchild on the same basis as a biological child.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	January 1, 2012	New section
Sec. 2	January 1, 2012	New section

PH

Joint Favorable