Bill Text: CT HB05114 | 2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Mandatory Health Insurance Coverage, Establishing An Affordable Health Care Fund And A Task Force To Develop A Reinsurance Program To Seek A State Innovation Waiver.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-14 - Referred to Joint Committee on Insurance and Real Estate [HB05114 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2018-HB05114-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 5114
February Session, 2018		LCO No. 830
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Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
REP. LESSER, 100th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING MANDATORY HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE, ESTABLISHING AN AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE FUND AND A TASK FORCE TO DEVELOP A REINSURANCE PROGRAM TO SEEK A STATE INNOVATION WAIVER.

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

That the general statutes be amended to: (1) Direct the Department of Revenue Services to establish an individual mandate and accompanying tax penalty effective December 31, 2018; (2) establish an Affordable Health Care Fund; (3) establish a comprehensive health insurance coverage verification program; and (4) establish a task force to develop a reinsurance program that will enable the state to seek a "State Innovation Waiver" from the federal government.

Statement of Purpose:

To establish an individual mandate and accompanying tax penalty, an Affordable Health Care Fund, a comprehensive health insurance coverage verification program and a task force to develop a reinsurance program that will enable the state to seek a "State Innovation Waiver".