Connecticut General Statutes 38a-492q – Mandatory coverage for essential health benefits
(a) For the purposes of this section, “essential health benefits” means health care services and benefits that fall within the following categories:
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 38a-492q
- Commissioner: means the Insurance Commissioner. See Connecticut General Statutes 38a-1
- 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
- Insured: means a person to whom or for whose benefit an insurer makes a promise in an insurance policy. 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
(1) Ambulatory patient services;
(2) Emergency services;
(3) Hospitalization;
(4) Maternity and newborn health care;
(5) Mental health and substance use disorder services, including, but not limited to, behavioral health treatment;
(6) Prescription drugs;
(7) Rehabilitative and habilitative services and devices;
(8) Laboratory services;
(9) Preventive and wellness services and chronic disease management; and
(10) Pediatric services, including, but not limited to, oral and vision care.
(b) Each 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, amended, renewed or continued in this state on or after January 1, 2019, shall provide coverage for essential health benefits.
(c) No provision of the general statutes concerning a requirement of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, P.L. 111-148, as amended from time to time, shall be construed to supersede any provision of this section that provides greater protection to an insured, except to the extent this section prevents the application of a requirement of the Affordable Care Act.
(d) The Insurance Commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to carry out the purposes of this section, including, but not limited to, regulations specifying the health care services and benefits that fall within each category set forth in subsection (a) of this section.