Connecticut General Statutes 38a-477a – Notification by Insurance Commissioner of required benefits and policy forms
The Insurance Commissioner shall provide written or electronic notification to each insurance company, fraternal benefit society, hospital service corporation, medical service corporation, health care center or any other entity that delivers or issues for delivery, in this state, any individual or group health insurance plan (1) of any benefits required to be provided in such plan pursuant to this chapter, or of any modification to such benefits on or after October 1, 2006, at least thirty days prior to the date such benefits or modification becomes effective, and (2) instructing such company, society, corporation, center or other entity to submit to the Insurance Commissioner, prior to the date such benefits or modification becomes effective or upon the renewal date of the plan, any necessary policy forms, in accordance with the provisions of section 38a-481 or 38a-513, as applicable, that reflect such benefits or modification.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 38a-477a
- 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