Connecticut General Statutes 38a-475a – Minimum set of affordable benefit options for long-term care policies. Regulations
(a) For the purposes of this section, “long-term care policy” has the same meaning as provided in section 38a-501 or section 38a-528, as applicable.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 38a-475a
- Commissioner: means the Insurance Commissioner. See Connecticut General Statutes 38a-1
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Insurance: means any agreement to pay a sum of money, provide services or any other thing of value on the happening of a particular event or contingency or to provide indemnity for loss in respect to a specified subject by specified perils in return for a consideration. See Connecticut General Statutes 38a-1
- insurance company: includes any person or combination of persons doing any kind or form of insurance business other than a fraternal benefit society, and shall include a receiver of any insurer when the context reasonably permits. See Connecticut General Statutes 38a-1
- Policy: means any document, including attached endorsements and riders, purporting to be an enforceable contract, which memorializes in writing some or all of the terms of an insurance contract. See Connecticut General Statutes 38a-1
- State: means any state, district, or territory of the United States. See Connecticut General Statutes 38a-1
(b) The commissioner shall, after consulting with other state governments and conducting a nation-wide review, develop and prescribe a minimum set of affordable benefit options to be offered by an insurance company, fraternal benefit society, hospital service corporation, medical service corporation or health care center that files a rate filing under section 38a-501 or section 38a-528 for an increase in premium rates for a long-term care policy that is for twenty per cent or more. The commissioner shall send to each insurance company, fraternal benefit society, hospital service corporation, medical service corporation or health care center that files such a rate filing a notice disclosing such minimum set of affordable benefit options.
(c) The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the purposes of this section.