Bill Text: CT SB01091 | 2013 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Establishing A Task Force To Study Health Insurance Coverage Of And Program Enrollment Options For Treatment That Is Ordered By A Court For Mental Disorders.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-09 - House Calendar Number 561 [SB01091 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-SB01091-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 1091
January Session, 2013		LCO No. 4034
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Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
(INS)

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE OF AND PROGRAM ENROLLMENT OPTIONS FOR TREATMENT THAT IS ORDERED BY A COURT FOR MENTAL DISORDERS.

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

Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force to study health insurance coverage of and program enrollment options for treatment that is ordered by a court for mental disorders.

(b) The task force shall consist of the following members:

(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives;

(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate;

(3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of Representatives;

(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate;

(5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives;

(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate; and

(7) The Insurance Commissioner, the Healthcare Advocate and the Chief Court Administrator, or their designees.

(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member of the General Assembly.

(d) All appointments to the task force shall be made not later than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall be filled by the appointing authority.

(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force from among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall schedule the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not later than sixty days after the effective date of this section.

(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to insurance shall serve as administrative staff of the task force.

(g) Not later than January 1, 2014, the task force shall submit a report on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to insurance, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. The task force shall terminate on the date that it submits such report or January 1, 2014, whichever is later.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	from passage	New section

INS

Joint Favorable