Mandatory coverage for hypodermic needles and syringes.

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Each individual health insurance policy providing coverage of the type specified in subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (6), (10), (11) and (12) of section 38a-469, delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, amended or continued in this state shall provide coverage for hypodermic needles or syringes prescribed by a prescribing practitioner, as defined in subdivision (24) of section 20-571, for the purpose of administering medications for medical conditions, provided such medications are covered under the policy. Such benefits shall be subject to any policy provisions that apply to other services covered by such policy.

(P.A. 92-185, S. 4, 6; P.A. 95-264, S. 62; P.A. 11-19, S. 37; July Sp. Sess. P.A. 20-4, S. 9.)

History: P.A. 95-264 substituted “prescribing practitioner” for “licensed practitioner” (Revisor's note: The reference to “prescribing practitioner, as defined in subdivision (21) of ...” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “prescribing practitioner, as defined in subdivision (22) of ...”); P.A. 11-19 inserted “amended or continued” and made technical changes, effective January 1, 2012; July Sp. Sess. P.A. 20-4 substituted reference to Sec. 20-571(24) for reference to Sec. 20-571(22), effective January 1, 2021.

See Sec. 38a-518a for similar provisions re group policies.


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