Bill Text: CT HB05259 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 5259 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Expanding Health Insurance Coverage For The Treatment Of Mental Or Nervous Conditions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-28 - Public Hearing 02/05 [HB05259 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-HB05259-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 5259*
*January Session, 2015*		LCO No. 518
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Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
REP. KUPCHICK, 132nd Dist.

AN ACT EXPANDING HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR THE TREATMENT OF MENTAL OR NERVOUS CONDITIONS.

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

That sections 38a-488a and 38a-514 of the general statutes be amended to require health insurance policies providing coverage of the type specified in subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (11) and (12) of section 38a-469 of the general statutes delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, amended or continued in this state to increase coverage for the treatment of mental or nervous conditions, including coverage for treatment by any health care provider an insured chooses and coverage for long-term hospitalization for any such treatment.

Statement of Purpose:

To expand health insurance coverage for the treatment of mental or nervous conditions.