Connecticut General Statutes 38a-488c – Mental health and substance use disorder benefits. Nonquantitative treatment limitations
No individual health insurance policy providing coverage of the type specified in subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (11) and (12) of section 38a-469 delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, amended or continued in this state on or after January 1, 2020, shall apply a nonquantitative treatment limitation to mental health and substance use disorder benefits unless such policy applies such limitation to such benefits in a manner that is comparable to, and not more stringent than, the manner in which such policy applies such limitation to medical and surgical benefits. For the purposes of this section, “nonquantitative treatment limitation” and “mental health and substance use disorder benefits” have the same meaning as provided in section 38a-477ee.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 38a-488c
- 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
- 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