Bill Text: CT HB05249 | 2014 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Copayments For Occupational Therapy Services.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-04 - Referred by House to Committee on Appropriations [HB05249 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2014-HB05249-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 5249
February Session, 2014		LCO No. 965
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Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
(INS)

AN ACT CONCERNING COPAYMENTS FOR OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY SERVICES.

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

Section 1. Section 38a-511a of the 2014 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 1, 2015):

No individual health insurance policy providing coverage of the type specified in subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (11) and (12) of section 38a-469 delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, amended or continued in this state shall impose copayments that exceed a maximum of thirty dollars per visit for in-network (1) physical therapy services rendered by a physical therapist licensed under section 20-73, or (2) occupational therapy services rendered by an occupational therapist licensed under section 20-74b or 20-74c.

Sec. 2. Section 38a-550a of the 2014 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 1, 2015):

No group health insurance policy providing coverage of the type specified in subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (11) and (12) of section 38a-469 delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, amended or continued in this state shall impose copayments that exceed a maximum of thirty dollars per visit for in-network (1) physical therapy services rendered by a physical therapist licensed under section 20-73, or (2) occupational therapy services rendered by an occupational therapist licensed under section 20-74b or 20-74c.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	January 1, 2015	38a-511a
Sec. 2	January 1, 2015	38a-550a

INS

Joint Favorable