CT HB05545

Persons receiving emergency medical treatment or transportation from a licensed or certified ambulance service are liable for reasonable and necessary costs, regardless of whether they agreed to the liability, effective October 1, 2012

Exempts workers injured in the course of employment from ambulance service financial liability

Makes admissible evidence that healthcare providers or insurers accepted or paid less than the full bill amount as proof of collateral source payments in personal injury cases

Allows full bill amounts from treating physicians, dentists, chiropractors, and other specified healthcare providers to be admissible as evidence of reasonable and necessary medical care costs, without reduction based on discounted or insurance-paid amounts

Permits courts to call treating healthcare providers as witnesses to testify on the reasonableness of medical bills, applicable to all pending or future civil actions as of October 1, 2012