CT SB00213

Repeals and replaces Connecticut General Statutes Section 52-225a, effective October 1, 2024, to modify how courts reduce economic damages awards based on collateral source payments in personal injury and wrongful death cases.

Courts must reduce economic damages awards by collateral source payments received, except for amounts subject to subrogation rights, amounts agreed upon in full satisfaction of subrogation rights, amounts where subrogation has not been waived or extinguished, or amounts equal to the claimant's proportional negligence reduction.

Courts must receive evidence before entering judgment regarding collateral source payments made for the claimant's benefit as of the judgment date, including evidence that healthcare providers or insurers paid less than full bill amounts.

Courts must also receive evidence regarding any amounts the claimant or immediate family members paid, contributed, or forfeited to secure rights to collateral source benefits received as a result of the injury or death.

The act clarifies that healthcare providers listed (physicians, dentists, chiropractors, physical therapists, psychologists, mental health professionals, and others) accepting reduced payment amounts can provide admissible evidence of collateral source payments.