General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 489

 

January Session, 2017

 

LCO No. 2900

 

*02900*

Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE

 

Introduced by:

 

SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.

 

AN ACT ESTABLISHING STATE MEDICAL LOSS RATIOS FOR INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INSURANCE POLICIES AND GROUP HEALTH INSURANCE POLICIES ISSUED TO A SMALL EMPLOYER.

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 that (1) each individual health insurance policy have a state medical loss ratio of not less than eighty per cent, and (2) each group health insurance policy issued to a small employer have a state medical loss ratio of not less than eighty-five per cent.

Statement of Purpose:

To establish state medical loss ratios for individual health insurance policies and group health insurance policies issued to small employers.