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CT SB00368

Bill

Status

Passed

6/10/2016

Primary Sponsor

Insurance and Real Estate Committee

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Origin

Senate

2016 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Expands Insurance Commissioner's market conduct examination authority to follow National Association of Insurance Commissioners' Market Regulation Handbook procedures and grants immunity to examiners acting in good faith.

  • Designates data provided in response to data calls as confidential and not subject to public disclosure under Connecticut's Freedom of Information Act.

  • Eliminates the annual utilization review program report filing requirement for health carriers while maintaining certificate of compliance filing and record-keeping obligations.

  • Authorizes creation of single-purpose dental health care centers that provide only dental services, with modified governance requirements (one-quarter of board from dental professionals instead of mixed healing arts professions).

  • Permits health care centers to operate multistate operations and clarifies that nonprofit health care centers remain exempt from specific insurance regulations while remaining subject to designated statutory provisions.

Legislative Description

An Act Concerning The Insurance Department's Market Conduct Authority And Data Call Confidentiality, Authorizing Multistate Health Care Centers In Connecticut, Eliminating A Health Carrier Utilization Review Report Filing Requirement, And Concerning Licensure Of Single Purpose Dental Health Care Centers.

Last Action

Signed by the Governor

6/10/2016

Committee Referrals

Public Health4/19/2016
Insurance and Real Estate3/2/2016

Full Bill Text

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