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Pathfinders
prepared by the Connecticut Judicial Branch law librarians:
OLR Research Reports - Office of Legislative Research:
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States Mandated Health Insurance Benefits
— 2009-R-0317
You asked for an update of OLR Research Report
2007-R-0703,
which provides a list of state mandated health insurance benefits.
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Health Insurance Coverage for Cancer Pills
— 2009-R-0311
You asked if Connecticut law requires health insurance policies to
provide coverage for oral medication to treat cancer and, if not, if a
law could be passed to require such coverage. You provided an article
from The New York Times that discussed the coverage issue as stemming
from the difference in cost between receiving cancer medications
intravenously versus orally in pill form (Insurance Laws as Cancer Care
Comes in a Pill, April 15, 2009).
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Medicaid Coverage of Assisted Living
Services —
2009-R-0300
You asked (1) if Medicaid coverage is available to someone living in a
private assisted living facility and (2) what the legislature could do
to help seniors who exhaust their own resources remain in these
facilities instead of being forced to move into more restrictive
settings. You have a constituent living in a private Alzheimer's
assisted living facility who can no longer pay for his care and was told
he must transfer to a nursing home in order to receive Medicaid
coverage.
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Patient
Information Security
— 2009-R-0019
You asked for information regarding federal and state safeguards
preventing the medical industry from using patients' social security
numbers (SSNs) inappropriately, particularly the security standards, the
penalties for security breaches, and efforts to curb the use of SSNs.
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Living Wills and Health Care Representatives
— 2008-R-0237
You asked how Connecticut's living will and health care representative
laws compare with other states, especially regarding the situations a
living will covers.
Mandated Providers and Facilities for Health Insurance
– 2008-R-0138
You asked for a list of health care
providers and facilities that Connecticut law requires health insurance
policies to cover. In Connecticut, health insurance mandates are contained
in Chapter 700c of the general statutes.
Setting Rates For An Individual Health Insurance Policy
– 2008-R-0127
You asked how an insurance company sets
rates for an individual high deductible health plan, a federally tax
qualified plan compatible with a health savings account. Specifically, you
wanted to know if an individual is considered part of a group for rating
purposes.
Patient Access to Medical Records
(2006)
Prison Health Care
– 2005-R-0214
Health Care Reform ~ Health Code ~ Diseases ~ Health
Insurance
A subject listing of OLR
Research Reports concerning health care
(2008-2009)
Pamphlet
from the Connecticut Attorney General's Office:
Pamphlets from the Connecticut Office of Protection and Advocacy for Person with
Disabilities
Pamphlets from CTElderLaw.org:
Pamphlet from
the Connecticut Center for a New Economy:
Pamphlet from
the Connecticut Office of Health Care Access:
Pamphlets
from the Connecticut Insurance Department:
Pamphlets
from the
Connecticut Office of the
Healthcare Advocate:
Pamphlets
from the
Legal Assistance Resource
Center of Connecticut
Pamphlet from
the United Way of Connecticut:
The Judicial Branch law libraries hold a number of
items which may be of help to a person researching health care law. The Subject
Headings below are recommended, and can be entered as subject searches using our
online catalog. It is also recommended that you
contact us for availability of materials.
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Medical Care – Law and Legislation
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Medical Records – Law and Legislation
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Hospitals – Law and Legislation
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Connecticut General Statutes |
TITLE 17a, CHAPTER 319i, PART III – PATIENTS RIGHTS
(Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities; Also known as
the Patients' Bill of Rights)
TITLE 19a – PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
TITLE 20, CHAPTER 369 – HEALING ARTS
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Sec. 20-7c.
Access to
medical records. Mandatory notification to patient of certain test results.
(Contains
access requirements for health care providers, including maximum cost per
page that the provider can charge)
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Sec. 20-7d.
Release of
patient's medical records to another provider.
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Sec. 20-7e. Medical records maintained by agencies.
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Sec. 20-7f. Unfair billing practices.
TITLE 38a, CHAPTER 698a - HEALTH CARE AND RELATED SERVICE GROUPS
TITLE 38a, CHAPTER 700c - HEALTH INSURANCE
(Note
that the statutory sections that list the mandatory coverage requirements (e.g.
prostate cancer screenings,
mammograms,
infertility treatments, etc.) for individual health insurance policies can
be found in Chapter 700c of the statutes.)
TITLE 38a, CHAPTER 705 – CONNECTICUT INSURANCE INFORMATION AND
PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT
TITLE 46b, CHAPTER 815j - DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE, LEGAL
SEPARATION AND ANNULMENT
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Sec. 46b-84. Parents'
obligation for maintenance of minor child. Order for health insurance
coverage.
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Sec. 46b-56. Orders re
custody, care…Access to records of minor child by noncustodial parent…
(“A parent
not granted custody of a minor child shall not be denied the right of access
to the academic, medical, hospital or other health records of such minor
child, unless otherwise ordered by the court for good cause shown.”
46b-56(g))
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Sec. 46b-88. National Medical Support
Notice. Duties of issuing agency, employer and administrator of group health
plan.
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Connecticut Insurance
Department |
Health Care Bulletins (HC)
(Chronological,
Numerical)
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Connecticut Department of Public Health
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Connecticut
Federal
(HIPAA)
Cornell's LII Health Law
Cornell's LII Social Security Library
Social Security Administration
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc.
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