Bill Text: CT SB00207 | 2018 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning Reimbursement Of Dentists Through Electronic Funds Transfer Or Virtual Credit Card.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-05-06 - House Calendar Number 535 [SB00207 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2018-SB00207-Comm_Sub.html
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AN ACT CONCERNING REIMBURSEMENT OF DENTISTS THROUGH ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER OR VIRTUAL CREDIT CARD.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2019) Each insurer, health care center, fraternal benefit society, hospital service corporation, medical service corporation or other entity that delivers, issues for delivery, renews, amends or continues an individual or group health insurance policy in this state that provides coverage of the type specified in subdivision (1), (2), (4), (10), (11), (12) or (16) of section 38a-469 of the general statutes and includes coverage for inpatient or outpatient dental services shall, at least annually, permit a licensed dentist who provides covered dental services to an insured to refuse to accept reimbursement for such services by way of an electronic funds transfer or a virtual credit card. Such refusal shall apply to all covered dental services provided by such dentist during such calendar year. As used in this section, "virtual credit card" means a single-use credit card exclusively provided in an electronic or digital format.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
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