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PIACT bill tracking and priority bills—June 8, 2011
PIA priority bills are highlighted in grey.
Bill No. |
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Megna—To allow an owner of a registered private-passenger motor vehicle to suspend insurance coverage for such vehicle by electronic mail. An act permitting suspension of private-passenger motor vehicle insurance coverage by electronic mail. Last Action: 1/5/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Insurance and Real Estate |
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Hovey—To improve road safety in Connecticut by requiring all motor vehicles to undergo annual safety inspections. An act requiring annual safety inspections for all motor vehicles. Last Action: 2/4/11 Public Hearing 2/28/11 |
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Megna—To require notice to an insured that he or she may choose the person who will perform the repair or remediation for a loss covered under a personal or commercial risk policy. An act requiring notice to an insured for repair or remediation following a covered loss under a personal or commercial risk policy. Last Action: 1/7/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Insurance and Real Estate |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To (a) prohibit insurance companies from (1) referring or routing its insureds to third-party adjusters or third-party claims administrators for certain automobile repairs or replacements without directly contacting the insurance company first, and (2) guaranteeing or warranting such repairs or replacements or imposing monetary advantages or penalties that could affect an insured's choice of a repair shop or facility, and (b) to require disclosure of the insured's right to choose where automobile repair or replacement work will be performed. An act concerning automotive glass work and repairs. Last Action: 3/21/11Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 3/28/11 |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To allow the use of any publicly available sources to calculate the value of a totaled motor vehicle for purposes of determining the settlement amount of such vehicle to be paid to the claimant. An act concerning the value of a totaled motor vehicle. Last Action: 3/21/11 House Calendar Number 73, File Number 96 |
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Public Safety and Security Committee—To permit local police departments to charge for motor vehicle accident or investigative reports, parallel to the Commissioner of Public Safety's authority to charge for such reports. An act permitting local police to charge for motor vehicle accident or investigative reports. Last Action: 2/18/11 Public Hearing 2/22/11 |
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Clemons—To adjust the weight of individual territorial loss cost indication for territorial classifications from 75 percent to 65 percent. An act adjusting the territorial classifications for private-passenger nonfleet automobile insurance. Last Action: 1/24/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Insurance and Real Estate |
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D'Amelio—To require an insurance company to provide notice of cancellation of a motor vehicle policy to any lienholder listed on such insurance policy, in addition to the motor vehicle owner. An act requiring automobile insurers to provide notice of motor vehicle policy cancellation to lienholders listed on such policy. Last Action: 1/25/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Insurance and Real Estate |
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Gonzalez—To provide for a more efficient way of calculating and collecting premiums for minimum levels of automobile insurance coverage. An act concerning automobile insurance. Last Action: 1/26/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Insurance and Real Estate |
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Candelaria—To reduce premiums paid by residents of the state's urban areas for automobile insurance. An act concerning automobile insurance premiums in urban areas. Last Action: 1/26/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Insurance and Real Estate |
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Frey—To provide registration and equipment standards for neighborhood electric vehicles and to permit their operation on highways with posted speed limits of thirty miles per hour or less. An act authorizing the registration of electric vehicles and requiring the Department of Motor Vehicles to establish equipment and operation standards for such vehicles. Last Action: 2/10/11 Public Hearing 2/14/11 |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To allow owners of private passenger motor vehicles to submit a request for suspension of their automobile liability insurance policies by electronic mail. An act permitting suspension of private-passenger motor vehicle insurance coverage by electronic mail. Last Action: 3/18/11 Senate Calendar Number 99, File Number 89 |
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Public Safety and Security Committee—To require the Commissioner of Public Safety to develop and implement an automated vehicle insurance identification and enforcement system. An act establishing an automated vehicle insurance identification and enforcement system. Last Action: 6/3/11 Signed by the Governor |
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Looney—To provide uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage to a named insured or a household member of the named insured for damages arising from being struck as a pedestrian during the theft of an insured vehicle. An act concerning uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage for bodily injury to a named insured or relative during the theft of a motor vehicle. Last Action: 1/7/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary |
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Roraback—To require insurers to notify the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles of the cancellation, in whole or in part, of a private passenger motor vehicle liability insurance policy. An act clarifying the notification requirement by insurers to the commissioner of motor vehicles of the cancellation of a private-passenger motor vehicle liability insurance policy. Last Action: 2/4/11 Public Hearing 2/8/11 |
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Doyle/Guerrera—To increase the minimum liability limits for automobile insurance from the current twenty thousand/forty thousand dollar limit to an increased fifty thousand/one hundred thousand dollar limit. An act increasing the minimum limits for automobile insurance. Last Action: 2/7/11 Vote to Draft |
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Doyle/Guerrera—To prohibit insurers from steering their policyholders to preferred motor vehicle repair shops. An act prohibiting insurers from steering policyholders to preferred motor vehicle repair shops. Last Action: 1/24/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Insurance and Real Estate |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To enter into the Surplus Lines Insurance Multistate Compliance Compact. An act adopting the National Conference of Insurance Legislators' Surplus Lines Insurance Multistate Compliance Compact. Last Action: 2/18/11 Public Hearing 2/24/11 |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To require the Insurance Department to amend regulations adopted pursuant to Section 38a-740 of the general statutes pertaining to surplus-lines brokers and unauthorized insurers to conform with the provisions of the Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act. An act concerning regulations for surplus-lines insurers. Last Action: 2/25/11 Public Hearing 3/3/11 |
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Crisco—To establish requirements that are consistent with the federal Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act for authorized surplus-lines insurers doing business in the state. An act concerning requirements for surplus-lines insurers. Last Action: 1/7/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Insurance and Real Estate |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To authorize the Insurance Commissioner to enter into the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' Nonadmitted Insurance Multistate Agreement to carry out the provisions of the Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2010 regarding unauthorized insurance premium taxes. An act authorizing the insurance commissioner to enter into the nonadmitted insurance multistate agreement. Last Action: 5/5/11 Referred by Senate to Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding |
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Hovey—To extend the amount of time a family has to notify an insurer of the birth of a child. Last Action: 1/5/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Insurance and Real Estate |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To require individual and group health insurance policies to provide coverage for bone marrow testing. Last Action: 5/20/11 Senate Calendar Number 530, File Number 821 |
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Nardello/Mikutel—To allow more public input on proposed health insurance rate increases. An act concerning public hearings for proposed health insurance rate increases. Last Action: 1/6/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Insurance and Real Estate |
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O'Brien— To reduce the rate of permissible increases for health insurance premiums, ensure that health insurance premium payments are used for health care services and prohibit the use of health insurance policy premiums collected from residents of this state for political activities by the insurer. An act concerning the Insurance Department and rate increases. Last Action: 1/11/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Insurance and Real Estate |
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Willis/Johnson/Nardello/Meyer/Looney—To establish procedures for a hearing prior to any rate approval for health insurance policies. An act concerning public hearings for health insurance rate approval requests. Last Action: 1/11/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Insurance and Real Estate |
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Fritz—To require that the Insurance Department hold a public hearing for health insurance premium rate increase requests greater than 7 percent. An act concerning Insurance Department public hearings and rate increases. Last Action: 1/18/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Insurance and Real Estate |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To prohibit insurers from imposing a copayment, deductible or other out-of-pocket expense greater than 50 percent of the total cost of any single chiropractic service covered under an individual or group health insurance policy. An act limiting copayments, deductibles or other out-of-pocket expenses for chiropractic services. Last Action: 5/23/11 Senate Calendar Number 549, File Number 831 |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To establish a task force to study the prescription drug coverage insurance plans available to residents of the state, including, but not limited to, the formularies offered under such plans and the notice requirements for changes to such formularies. An act establishing a task force to study prescription drug coverage in the state. Last Action: 4/13/11 Tabled for the Calendar, House |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To provide insurance coverage for breast thermography when an annual mammogram demonstrates heterogeneous or dense breast tissue or if a woman is believed to be at increased risk for breast cancer due to family history or prior personal history of breast cancer, positive genetic testing or other indications as determined by a woman's physician or advanced practice registered nurse. An act requiring health insurance coverage for breast thermography. Last Action: 2/16/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Insurance and Real Estate |
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Giuliano—To provide residents of this state access to additional health insurance plans by permitting residents to purchase health insurance from insurers domiciled in other states. An act permitting state residents to purchase health insurance from foreign insurers. Last Action: 2/4/11 Public Hearing 2/8/11 |
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Lemar—To mandate that employers provide paid sick leave to employees. An act mandating employers provider paid sick or medical leave to employees. Last Action: 1/19/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Labor and Public Employees |
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Public Health Committee—To implement the SustiNet Plan. An act concerning implementation of the SustiNet Plan. Last Action: 6/3/11 House Recommitted to Human Services |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To allow managed care organization (MCO) enrollees to designate advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) as their primary care providers and to require MCOs to list APRNs in their provider listings. An act concerning the listings of advanced practice registered nurses in managed-care organization provider listings and primary-care provider designations. Last Action: 4/27/11 House Passed |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To allow nonstate public employers, municipal-related employers, small employers and nonprofit employers to join the state employee health plan. An act establishing the Connecticut Healthcare Partnership. Last Action: 6/6/11 Senated Passed as Amended by House Amendment Schedule A, D |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To require health-care centers and preferred provider networks to contract with ophthalmologists and optometrists in substantially the same manner. An act concerning certain health-care provider network arrangements. Last Action: 6/3/11 Signed by the Governor |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To make conforming and technical changes to the general statutes pursuant to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), to authorize the Insurance Department to enforce provisions of the PPACA and to establish a Connecticut Health Partnership exchange pursuant to the PPACA. An act making conforming changes to the insurance statutes pursuant to the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and establishing a state health partnership program. Last Action: 4/26/11 House Calendar Number 367, File Number 620 |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To prohibit managed care organizations and preferred provider networks from including most favored nation clauses in contracts with health care providers and hospitals. An act prohibiting most favored nation clauses in health-care provider contracts. Last Action: 5/23/11 Senate Calendar Number 548, File Number 835 |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To expand health insurance coverage of ostomy-related supplies from one thousand dollars annually to five thousand dollars annually. An act concerning health insurance coverage for ostomy supplies. Last Action: 5/19/11 Senate Calendar Number 520, File Number 817 |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To require insurers writing small group health insurance policies in the state to file premium rates with, and obtain approval from, the Insurance Department prior to such rates becoming effective. An act concerning small group health insurance rate reviews. Last Action: 3/4/11 Public Hearing 3/8/11 |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To require the board of directors of the Connecticut Small Employer Health Reinsurance Pool to establish small employer health care plans with a lower option level of coverages, with benefit and cost-sharing levels that are consistent with other group plans available in the state, including, but not limited to, high deductible health plans. An act concerning small employer health care plans. Last Action: 4/4/11 House Calendar Number 220, File Number 362 |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To provide insurance coverage for breast magnetic resonance imaging when an annual mammogram demonstrates heterogeneous or dense breast tissue. An act concerning insurance coverage for breast magnetic resonance imaging. Last Action: 5/23/11 House Calendar Number 537 |
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Crisco—To provide transparency in the rate approval process for certain individual health insurance policies. An act concerning rate approvals for certain individual health insurance policies. Last Action: 6/8/11 In Concurrence |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To reduce the rate of, and high costs associated with, serious illnesses by encouraging Connecticut residents to use preventive care services. An act prohibiting copayments for preventive care services. Last Action: 5/4/11 Motion Failed JF |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To require any copayment required by an individual or group health insurance policy for prescription drugs to be the same regardless of whether such drugs are obtained through a retail pharmacy or through a mail order pharmacy. An act concerning copayments for drugs. Last Action: 4/27/11 Referred by Sente to Committee on Appropriations |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To establish a task force to develop recommendations to provide health care to uninsured children in this state. An act concerning a task force to study health care for uninsured children. Last Action: 5/11/11 Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate |
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Crisco/Prague—To provide transparency and accountability in the rate approval process for premium increases for long-term care insurance policies. An act concerning rate approvals for long-term care insurance policies. Last Action: 2/8/11 Motion Failed JF |
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Crisco—To establish standards for contracts between health-care providers and insurers. An act concerning standards for health-care provider contracts. Last Action: 5/11/11 Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To expand or require health insurance coverage for ostomy-related supplies, prosthetic devices, hearing aids for children, wigs for patients who suffer hair loss due to certain medical conditions, and bone marrow testing; to prohibit the imposition of a coinsurance, copayment, deductible or other out-of-pocket expense for any additional colonoscopy ordered in a policy year by a physician for an insured; to promote health behavior wellness, maintenance or improvement program participation by requiring insurers to offer such programs, and to require an incentive or reward for such participation. An act concerning wellness programs and expansion of health care coverage. Last Action: 2/8/11 Motion Failed JF |
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Looney—To improve the quality of health care in this state by specifying a presumption of medical necessity for appeals of health insurance benefits denials, requiring documents and information that were considered in a final determination not to certify an admission, service, procedure or extension of stay to be provided to a provider of record and to an enrollee, and requiring dispensation and coverage of a prescribed drug during an appeal of a determination not to certify such dispensation. An act concerning appeals of health insurance benefits denials. Last Action: 6/8/11 On Consent Calendar/In Concurrence |
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Looney—To increase transparency in the health insurance rate approval process. An act concerning health insurance rate approvals. Last Action: 1/5/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Insurance and Real Estate |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To require insurance coverage for hearing aids for persons who have reached 55 years of age but have not reached 65 years of age. An act concerning insurance coverage for hearing aids. Last Action: 2/16/11 Change of Reference, House to Committee on Appropriations |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To require individual and group health insurance coverage of routine patient costs associated with clinical trials for the treatment of disabling, progressive or life-threatening medical conditions. An act concerning health insurance coverage for routine patient care costs for clinical trial patients. Last Action: 6/1/11 House Calendar Number 571 |
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Prague/Crisco—To require a public hearing to be held when an insurer requests a health insurance premium increase of greater than 10 percent. An act requiring a public hearing for certain health insurance rate increase requests. Last Action: 1/6/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Insurance and Real Estate |
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| SB34 | Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To prohibit offsets in disability income protection policies from including Social Security disability benefits received by dependent children of an insured. An act prohibiting offsets for dependent children in disability income protection policies. Last Action: 4/27/11 Tabled for the Calendar, House |
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Crisco—To provide an affordable health insurance option for residents of this state. An act establishing the Nutmeg Health Insurance Plan for Connecticut residents. Last Action: 1/10/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Insurance and Real Estate |
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Crisco—To create a state health insurance exchange pursuant to the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. An act establishing a state health insurance exchange. Last Action: 1/10/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Insurance and Real Estate |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To allow an insured to obtain a prescription drug refill up to two business days prior to the date on which such prescription drug is otherwise authorized to be refilled. An act concerning the timing of prescription drug refills. Last Action: 5/13/11 House Calendar Number 508 |
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Crisco—To require disclosure and transparency relating to any method of payment for life insurance death benefits by adopting the National Conference of Insurance Legislators' Life Insurance Beneficiaries' Bill of Rights. An act adopting the National Conference of Insurance Legislators' Life Insurance Beneficiaries' Bill of Rights. Last Action: 5/2/11 Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To require disclosure to life insurance policy owners of alternatives to the lapse or surrender of such policies and of such owner's rights related to the disposition of such policy by adopting the National Conference of Insurance Legislators' Life Insurance Consumer Disclosure Model Act. An act adopting the National Conference of Insurance Legislators' Life Insurance Consumer Disclosure Model Act. Last Action: 2/17/11 Public Hearing 2/22/11 |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To eliminate the age cap for specialized formula covered under individual and group health insurance policies. An act eliminating the age cap for health insurance coverage for specialized formula. Last Action: 6/1/11 House Calendar Number 573 |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee— To add to the list of unfair insurance practices the refusal to insure, the refusal to continue to insure or a limitation of the amount, extent or kind of coverage available to an individual or the charge of a different rate for the same coverage because such individual has been diagnosed with a mental or nervous condition as set forth in Section 38a-488a of the general statutes. An act concerning mental or nervous conditions under the Connecticut Unfair Insurance Practices Act. Last Action: 5/23/11 House Calendar Number 534 |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To prohibit the use of differential payment rates based on site of service for a physician's professional services component of colonoscopy or endoscopic services. An act prohibiting differential payment rates to health-care providers for colonoscopy or endoscopic services based on site of service. Last Action: 2/17/11 Motion Failed JF |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To require health insurance coverage for: 1) external radiation beam therapy and brachytherapy for the treatment of prostate cancer, and 2) phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor prescription drugs for the treatment of erectile dysfunction resulting from a radical prostatectomy. An act concerning insurance coverage for certain therapies and prescription drugs for the treatment of prostrate cancern. Last Action: 6/8/11 In Concurrence |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To require insurers to provide certain disclosures to insureds at the time of solicitation or application for purchase or sale of long-term care policies. An act requiring certain disclosures for long-term care policies. Last Action: 5/26/11 Senate Passed as Amended by Senate Amendment Schedule A |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To prohibit insurers from imposing a coinsurance, copayment, deductible or other out-of-pocket expense on an insured for breast ultrasound screening. An act concerning breast ultrasound screenings. Last Action: 4/27/11 Referred to Senate to Committee on Appropriations |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To require all group health insurance policies in the state providing coverage of the type specified in subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (11) and (12) of Section 38a-469 of the general statutes to comply with the provisions of the federal Wellstone-Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008. An act concerning mental health parity. Last Action: 3/14/11 Senate Calendar Number 73, File Number 60 |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To require insurance coverage for an additional bottle of prescription eye drops for use by the insured in a day care center or school. An act concerning prescription eye drops. Last Action: 5/28/11 House Calendar Number 560 |
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Labor and Public Employees Committee—To require employers with fifty or more employees to provide paid sick leave to certain employees for use for the employee's sickness, the employee's child's, parent's or spouse's sickness, or to deal with sexual assault or family violence issues. An act mandating employers provide paid sick leave to employees. Last Action: 6/8/11 Public Act 11-52 |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To establish a state health insurance exchange pursuant to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. An act establishing a state health insurance exchange. Last Action: 6/4/11 In Concurrence |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To require (1) notices of health insurance claims denials to include a statement that the enrollee or insured may contact the Office of the Healthcare Advocate and said office's telephone number, and (2) all employers that provide health insurance benefits to their employees to post a notice concerning the services provided by said office. An act concerning notification of the services of the Office of the Healthcare Advocate. Last Action: 3/14/11 Senate Calendar Number 74, File Number 62 |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To require (1) health insurance coverage for lung cancer screening tests, and (2) the American College of Gastroenterology to additionally consult with the American College of Radiology for colorectal cancer screening recommendations. An act concerning health insurance coverage and certain cancer screenings. Last Action: 6/7/11 In Concurrence |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To provide group health insurance coverage for an alternative therapy for the treatment of autism spectrum disorders. An act concerning group health insurance coverage for an alternative therapy in the treatment of autism spectrum disorders. Last Action: 2/18/11 Public Hearing 2/24/11 |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To authorize the Comptroller to allow uninsured individuals to purchase health insurance through the Municipal Employee Health Insurance Plan. An act establishing the Nutmeg Health Insurance Plan for uninsured individuals. Last Action: 4/13/11 Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To expand group health insurance coverage for the treatment of autism spectrum disorders to certificate holders in this state. An act expanding group health insurance coverage for the treatment of autism spectrum disorders to certificate holders in this state. Last Action: 3/31/11 Senate Calendar Number 209, File Number 305 |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To revise the assessment methodology the Insurance Department and the Office of the Healthcare Advocate use to assess domestic insurance companies and other domestic entities for the expenditures on behalf of said department and office. An act concerning the assessment methodology used by the Insurance Department and the Office of the Healthcare Advocate. Last Action: 3/31/11 Senate Calendar Number 210, File Number 306 |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To prohibit individual and group health insurance policies that provide coverage for prescription drugs from requiring insureds to use, prior to using a brand name prescription drug prescribed by a licensed physician for pain treatment, any alternative brand name prescription drugs or over-the-counter drugs. An act concerning health insurance coverage of prescription drugs for pain treatment. Last Action: 5/28/11 House Calendar Number 565 |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To prohibit insurers from imposing a greater coinsurance, copayment, deductible or other out-of-pocket expense for nonpreferred brand-name drugs than for preferred brand-name drugs. An act concerning out-of-pocket expenses for nonpreferred brand-name drugs. Last Action: 4/27/11 Referred by Senate to Committee on Appropriations |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To prohibit out-of-pocket expenses for an insured for any additional colonoscopy ordered in a policy year by an insured's physician. An act concerning health insurance coverage for colonoscopies. Last Action: 4/27/11 Referred by Senate to Committee on Appropriations |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To establish a task force to examine ways to allow an insured under a life insurance policy or a contract holder of an annuity to convert such policy or annuity to a long-term care policy. An act establishing a task force to study life insurance policy and annuity conversions and the provisions of certain notifications by life insurance companies. Last Action: 5/24/11 Tabled for the Calendar, House |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To require 1) municipalities to report certain health insurance information to the comptroller, 2) the comptroller to convene a group of stakeholders to facilitate the development and establishment of health-care provider payment reforms, and 3) the Office of Health Care Access to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the comptroller to allow the comptroller access to data required to be reported to said office by hospitals and out-patient surgical facilities. An act concerning the reporting of claims information to the comptroller and additional duties of the comptroller. Last Action: 5/11/11 Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To update the requirements for utilization review, grievances and external appeals processes of health carriers to conform to federal standards. An act concerning the utilization review, grievances and external appeals processes of health carriers. Last Action: 5/10/11 Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate |
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Megna—To require insurers, insurance agents and insurance producers to use values not less than depreciated reconstruction costs or fair market values for real property replacement cost coverage under personal or commercial risk policies. An act concerning real property replacement cost coverage under personal or commercial risk policies. Last Action: 2/9/10 Referred to Joint Committee on Insurance and Real Estate |
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Zalaski—To eliminate insurance requirements under the Common Interest Ownership Act with respect to buildings containing units divided by vertical boundaries. An act concerning insurance requirements under the Common Interest Ownership Act. Last Action: 1/5/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary |
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Hovey—To aid policyholders who are in financial distress following a loss covered by a fire insurance policy. An act requiring advance payment under a fire insurance policy. Last Action: 1/7/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Insurance and Real Estate |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To allow tenants to submit their forwarding addresses to their landlords by electronic mail and eliminate the requirement that landlords pay tenants a higher interest rate on security deposits than landlords may obtain from depositing such security deposits in a financial institution. An act concerning security deposits. Last Action: 5/19/11 Senate Calendar Number 519, File Number 813 |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To require the written notice provided to an insured for repair or remediation work to be signed by the insured and the insurer to confirm that the insured received such notice prior to authorizing a direct payment to the person performing the repair or remediation work; and to require insurers to include a statement on the policy declaration page informing the insured of such insured's right to choose the person who will perform the repair or remediation work. An act requiring notice to an insured for repair or remediation following a covered loss under a personal or commercial risk policy. Last Action: 5/25/11 Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To prohibit the providing or offering to, or acceptance by, an executive board member of a common interest community or a person seeking election as an executive board member any item of value based on any understanding that the vote, official action or judgment of such member or person seeking election would be or has been influenced thereby; to prohibit the managing agent or manager of an association from soliciting proxies from unit owners or campaigning for any candidate seeking election as an executive board member; to prohibit clauses in contracts for the provision of management services that hold harmless the person providing such services from liability resulting from such person's negligence or intentional acts or omissions; and to change the standard governing assessments for common expenses relating to wilful misconduct, failure to comply with a written maintenance standard or gross negligence. An act concerning elections of the executive board of directors of condominium unit owners' associations and changes to the Common Interest Ownership Act. Last Action: 6/2/11 Senate Calendar Number 612, File Number 881 |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To require insurers, upon request by an insured, to provide partial payment of the amount of loss covered under a fire loss insurance policy as an advance payment. An act requiring advance payment under a fire insurance policy. Last Action: 3/31/11 House Calendar Number 189, File Number 316 |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To require common interest community associations to obtain on an annual basis rate quotes for insurance required to be maintained by such associations from at least two different insurance agencies. An act concerning insurance required under the Common Interest Ownership Act. Last Action: 3/22/11 Referred by House to Committee on Judiciary |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To establish specific insurer practices relating to replacement cost coverage under a homeowners insurance policy for a residential dwelling or a commercial risk insurance policy for real property. An act concerning replacement cost coverage under homeowners insurance and commercial risk policies. Last Action: 5/27/11 Senate Calendar Number 562, File Number 853 |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To require the Commissioner of Consumer Protection to prescribe the form of a standardized contract to be used state-wide for the sale of residential real property in the state. An act requring a statewide standardized contract form for the sale of residential real property. Last Action: 2/10/11 Public Hearing 2/17/11 |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To extend the sunset date for personal risk insurance filings and prohibit an insurer that discontinues accepting applications for a line or subline of personal risk insurance in this state from filing a rate increase for such line or subline of more than 6 percent. An act concerning the sunset date for personal risk insurance rate filings and limiting rate increases in certain circumstances. Last Action: 6/8/11 On Consent Calendar/In Concurrence |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To regulate the imposition of private transfer fee obligations on the conveyance of real property located in this state, and to add mortgagees or mortgagees' agents and attorneys to the list of people to whom a licensed real estate broker or real estate salesperson may provide an estimated valuation of real estate as part of a market analysis. An act concerning the regulation of private transfer fees and the valuation of real estate. Last Action: 5/4/11 Referred by House to Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding |
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Witkos—To encourage municipalities and metropolitan districts to continue to permit the public to enjoy recreational activities on their property by providing such municipalities and districts with immunity from certain lawsuits. An act concerning the Recreational Land Use Act. Last Action: 2/10/11 Public Hearing 2/14/11 |
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Roldan—To require any attorney admitted to practice in this state who is engaged in the active practice of law to maintain professional liability insurance. An act requiring attorneys to maintain professional liability insurance. Last Action: 1/20/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary |
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Fleischmann—To require that the Insurance Commissioner be a state-wide elected official. An act concerning election of the insurance commissioner. Last Action: 1/21/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Government Administration and Elections |
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Robles/Fonfara—To authorize municipalities to operate intersection safety camera systems. An act authorizing municipalites to operate intersection safety camera systems. Last Action: 2/10/11 Public Hearing 2/14/11 |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To require third-party administrators to be licensed by the Insurance Department, to establish standards for such licensure and the conduct of business by third-party administrators, to grant the Insurance Department access to certain books and records, and to provide enforcement authority to the Insurance Commissioner. An act regulating third-party administrators. Last Action: 5/3/11 Tabled for the Calendar, House |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To require 1) municipalities that maintain insurance to submit for competitive bidding prior to renewal of such insurance, and 2) insurance producers that sell, solicit or negotiate insurance on behalf of an insurer to a municipality or local or regional board of education to list such producer's commission as a separate line item on any insurance rate quote provided to such municipality or board of education. An act concerning insurance for municipalities. Last Action: 5/5/11 Tabled for the Calendar, House File Number 761 |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To update provisions of the Connecticut Insurance Guaranty Association Act and the Connecticut Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Act to reflect updates to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' guaranty association model acts. An act concerning the Connecticut Insurance Guaranty Association Act and the Connecticut Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Act. Last Action: 3/24/11 House Calendar Number 137, File Number 191 |
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Meyer—To require that the Insurance Commissioner be an elected state official. An act concerning election of the insurance commissioner. Last Action: 2/14/11 Reserved for Subject Matter Public Hearing |
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Meyer—To promote transparency in the Insurance Department's rate approval process. An act concerning public hearings for insurance premium increases. Last Action: 1/7/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Insurance and Real Estate |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To establish a Division of Insurance Fraud in the Insurance Department to enforce the insurance laws of the state, develop a system to detect actual or potential insurance fraud in the state and receive and investigate complaints of insurance fraud. An act establishing a division of insurance fraud in the Insurance Department. Last Action: 1/18/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Insurance and Real Estate |
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Musto—To require prior approval of insurance rate increase requests and impose certain requirements on the Insurance Department regarding such requests. An act concerning insurance rate increases. Last Action: 1/20/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Insurance and Real Estate |
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Musto—To clarify the rule regarding when a person is an independent contractor or subcontractor as opposed to an employee. An act clarifying the definition of independent contractor. Last Action: 1/24/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Labor and Public Employees |
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Fonfara/Robles/Roldan—To allow a municipality to operate intersection safety camera systems. An act concerning municipal intersection safety systems. Last Action: 4/27/11 Referred to Senate to Committee on Judiciary |
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Boucher—To allow municipalities to install traffic safety cameras for the enforcement of traffic and speeding laws and to collect half of the revenue realized from such enforcement. An act authorizing municipalities to install traffic safety cameras for law-enforcement purposes. Last Action: 1/24/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Public Safety and Security |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To make technical, conforming and minor changes to the insurance and related statutes. An act concerning the legislative commissioners' recommendations for technical revisions and minor changes to the insurance and related statutes. Last Action: 5/24/11 Signed by the Governor |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To modify various insurance statutes to strengthen the Insurance Department's ability to regulate the industry and protect consumers and to make technical and conforming changes. An act concerning revisions to the insurance statutes. Last Action: 3/31/11 Senate Calendar Number 208, File Number 299 |
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Lesser— To prevent an employee or prospective employee from being subject to discrimination on the basis of his or her credit history. An act concerning discriminatory employment practices and the use of credit reports in employment decisions. Last Action: 1/14/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Labor and Public Employees |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To clarify the requirements and standards for utilization review companies and the reviews such companies perform. An act concerning utilization review. Last Action: 2/25/11 Public Hearing 3/1/11 |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To clarify the funding method for certain combined policies or contracts. An act clarifying single premium-linked insurance products. Last Action: 3/21/11 Senate Calendar Number 116, File Number 122 |
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Doyle/Nafis—To protect the privacy of users of digital copiers. An act concerning digital copiers and privacy. Last Action: 5/28/11 House Calendar Number 556 |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To adopt the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact. An act adopting the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact. Last Action: 3/31/11 House Calendar Number 196, File Number 323 |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To improve the regulation of surety bail-bond agents and professional bondsmen in this state. An act concerning surety bail-bond agents and professional bondsmen. Last Action: 6/4/11 Public Act 11-45 |
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Urban—To prohibit insurers from underwriting personal lines insurance based on the breed of dog owned by the insured. An act concerning homeowners insurance coverage based on breed of dog. Last Action: 3/18/11 Senate Calendar Number 100 |
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Walker—To prohibit insurers from cancelling an insurance policy without notifying the insured or delivering or issuing for delivery an insurance policy for an individual without the express consent of such individual. An act concerning notice for cancellations or issuance of insurance policies. Last Action: 1/28/11 Public Hearing 2/1/11 |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To provide that an insurer providing coverage for residential real estate that has been foreclosed is sent a copy of the certificate of foreclosure, and to specify that underwriting rules and regulations used by an insurance company for automobile and homeowners insurance policies are considered trade secrets. An act concerning notification to insurers upon a foreclosure and confidentiality of underwriting guidelines. Last Action: 5/28/11 House Calendar Number 557 |
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Insurance and Real Estate Committee—To reduce the number of days it takes an insured or an insured's authorized producer to receive a policy history report from an insurer. An act concerning timely history reports for commercial risk insurance policies. Last Action: 5/23/11 Senate Calendar Number 543, File Number 836 |
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Crisco—To prohibit property and casualty insurers from assessing late fees on policyholders who make late premium payments. An act prohibiting property and casualty insurers from charging late fees. Last Action: 3/31/11 Senate Calendar Number 207, File Number 303 |
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