Bill Text: CT SB00147 | 2013 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: An Act Concerning Health Insurance Coverage Of Orally And Intravenously Administered Medications.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-16 - Referred to Joint Committee on Insurance and Real Estate [SB00147 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2013-SB00147-Introduced.html
General Assembly |
Proposed Bill No. 147 |
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January Session, 2013 |
LCO No. 749 | ||||
Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE |
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Introduced by: |
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SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist. |
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AN ACT CONCERNING HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE OF ORALLY AND INTRAVENOUSLY ADMINISTERED MEDICATIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That title 38a of the general statutes be amended to require health insurance policies that provide coverage for intravenously administered medications for the treatment or palliation or therapeutic intervention for the prevention of disabling or life-threatening chronic diseases to provide coverage for orally administered medications for such treatment, palliation or intervention on a basis no less favorable than intravenously administered medications.
Statement of Purpose:
To require health insurance that provide coverage for intravenously administered medications for the treatment or palliation or therapeutic intervention for the prevention of disabling or life-threatening chronic diseases to provide coverage for orally administered medications for such treatment, palliation or intervention on a basis no less favorable than intravenously administered medications.