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CT SB00007
Bill
Status
4/22/2015
Primary Sponsor
Insurance and Real Estate Committee
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AI Summary
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Requires health insurance companies, hospital service corporations, medical service corporations, and similar entities to provide coverage for orally administered medications on a basis no less favorable than intravenously administered medications for treating disabling or life-threatening chronic diseases.
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Applies to individual health insurance policies covering the types specified in subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (11) and (12) of section 38a-469 of the general statutes.
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Applies to group health insurance policies covering the same types specified in section 38a-469 subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (11) and (12).
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Requires equal coverage for oral and intravenous medications used for treatment, palliation, or therapeutic intervention for prevention of disabling or life-threatening chronic diseases.
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Effective date of January 1, 2016 for both individual and group health insurance policies.
Legislative Description
An Act Concerning Health Insurance Coverage Of Orally And Intravenously Administered Medications.
Last Action
House Calendar Number 468
4/24/2015