Bill Text: CT HB05374 | 2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Dental Insurance Coverage.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-03 - Public Hearing 03/07 [HB05374 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2016-HB05374-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 5374
February Session, 2016		LCO No. 1510
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
(PH)

AN ACT CONCERNING DENTAL INSURANCE COVERAGE.

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

Section 1. Section 38a-497 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 1, 2017):

(a) Each individual health insurance policy providing coverage of the type specified in subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (6), (10), (11) and (12) of section 38a-469 delivered, issued for delivery, amended, renewed or continued in this state shall provide that coverage of a child shall terminate no earlier than the policy anniversary date on or after whichever of the following occurs first, the date on which the child: Becomes covered under a group health plan through the dependent's own employment; or attains the age of twenty-six.

(b) Each such policy and each individual health insurance policy providing coverage of the type specified in subdivision (16) of section 38a-469, that includes or provides dental coverage, shall provide that dental coverage of a child shall terminate no earlier than the policy anniversary date on or after the date on which the child attains the age of twenty-six.

(c) Each [such] policy subject to the provisions of this section shall cover a stepchild on the same basis as a biological child.

Sec. 2. Section 38a-512b of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 1, 2017):

(a) Each group health insurance policy providing coverage of the type specified in subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (6), (10), (11) and (12) of section 38a-469 delivered, issued for delivery, amended, renewed or continued in this state shall provide that coverage of a child shall terminate no earlier than the policy anniversary date on or after whichever of the following occurs first, the date on which the child: Becomes covered under a group health plan through the dependent's own employment; or attains the age of twenty-six.

(b) Each such policy and each group health insurance policy providing coverage of the type specified in subdivision (16) of section 38a-469, that includes or provides dental coverage, shall provide that dental coverage of a child shall terminate no earlier than the policy anniversary date on or after the date on which the child attains the age of twenty-six.

(c) Each [such] policy subject to the provisions of this section shall cover a stepchild on the same basis as a biological child.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	January 1, 2017	38a-497
Sec. 2	January 1, 2017	38a-512b

Statement of Purpose:

To allow children to retain dental insurance coverage under their parents' insurance policies until they attain the age of twenty-six.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]