Bill Text: CT SB00098 | 2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Health Insurance Coverage For Services Rendered By Acupuncturists.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-11 - Change of Reference, House to Committee on Appropriations [SB00098 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2016-SB00098-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 98
February Session, 2016		LCO No. 844
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Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
(INS)

AN ACT CONCERNING HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR SERVICES RENDERED BY ACUPUNCTURISTS.

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

Section 1. Section 38a-507 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 1, 2017):

Each individual health insurance policy delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, amended or continued in this state shall provide coverage for services rendered by (1) a chiropractor licensed under chapter 372 to the same extent coverage is provided for services rendered by a physician, if such chiropractic services [(1)] (A) treat a condition covered under such policy, and [(2)] (B) are within those services a chiropractor is licensed to perform, and (2) an acupuncturist licensed under chapter 384c to the same extent coverage is provided for services rendered by a physician, if such acupuncturist services (A) treat a condition covered under such policy, and (B) are within those services an acupuncturist is licensed to perform.

Sec. 2. Section 38a-534 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 1, 2017):

Each group health insurance policy providing coverage of the type specified in subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (6) and (11) of section 38a-469, delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, amended or continued in this state shall provide coverage for services rendered by (1) a chiropractor licensed under chapter 372 to the same extent coverage is provided for services rendered by a physician, if such chiropractic services [(1)] (A) treat a condition covered under such policy, and [(2)] (B) are within those services a chiropractor is licensed to perform, and (2) an acupuncturist licensed under chapter 384c to the same extent coverage is provided for services rendered by a physician, if such acupuncturist services (A) treat a condition covered under such policy, and (B) are within those services an acupuncturist is licensed to perform.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	January 1, 2017	38a-507
Sec. 2	January 1, 2017	38a-534

Statement of Purpose:

To require health insurance coverage for services rendered by an acupuncturist to the same extent coverage is provided for services rendered by a physician.

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