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Sec. 38a-492d. *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Mandatory coverage for diabetes testing and treatment. (a) 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 or renewed in this state shall provide coverage for laboratory and diagnostic tests for all types of diabetes.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 38a-492a, 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 or renewed in this state shall provide medically necessary coverage for the treatment of insulin-dependent diabetes, insulin-using diabetes, gestational diabetes and non-insulin-using diabetes. Such coverage shall include medically necessary equipment, in accordance with the insured person's treatment plan, drugs and supplies prescribed by a prescribing practitioner, as defined in section 20-571.
(P.A. 97-268, S. 4; P.A. 17-15, S. 51.)
*Note: On and after January 1, 2022, this section, as amended by section 13 of public act 20-4 of the July special session, is to read as follows:
“Sec. 38a-492d. Mandatory coverage for diabetes screening, testing and treatment. (a) For the purposes of this section:
(1) “Diabetes device” has the same meaning as provided in section 20-616;
(2) “Diabetic ketoacidosis device” has the same meaning as provided in section 20-616;
(3) “Glucagon drug” has the same meaning as provided in section 20-616;
(4) “High deductible health plan” has the same meaning as that term is used in subsection (f) of section 38a-493;
(5) “Insulin drug” has the same meaning as provided in section 20-616;
(6) “Noninsulin drug” means a drug, including, but not limited to, a glucagon drug, glucose tablet or glucose gel, that does not contain insulin and is approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration to treat diabetes; and
(7) “Prescribing practitioner” has the same meaning as provided in section 20-571.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 38a-492a, 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, renewed, amended or continued in this state shall provide coverage for the treatment of all types of diabetes. Such coverage shall include, but need not be limited to, coverage for medically necessary:
(1) Laboratory and diagnostic testing and screening, including, but not limited to, hemoglobin A1c testing and retinopathy screening, for all types of diabetes;
(2) Insulin drugs (A) prescribed by a prescribing practitioner, or (B) prescribed and dispensed pursuant to subsection (d) of section 20-616 once during a policy year;
(3) Noninsulin drugs (A) prescribed by a prescribing practitioner, or (B) prescribed and dispensed pursuant to subsection (d) of section 20-616 once during a policy year if the noninsulin drug is a glucagon drug;
(4) Diabetes devices in accordance with the insured's diabetes treatment plan, including, but not limited to, diabetes devices prescribed and dispensed pursuant to subsection (d) of section 20-616 once during a policy year; and
(5) Diabetic ketoacidosis devices in accordance with the insured's diabetes treatment plan, including, but not limited to, diabetic ketoacidosis devices prescribed and dispensed pursuant to subsection (d) of section 20-616 once during a policy year.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 38a-492a, no policy described in subsection (b) of this section shall impose coinsurance, copayments, deductibles and other out-of-pocket expenses on an insured that exceed:
(1) Twenty-five dollars for each thirty-day supply of a medically necessary covered insulin drug (A) prescribed to the insured by a prescribing practitioner, or (B) prescribed and dispensed pursuant to subsection (d) of section 20-616 once during a policy year;
(2) Twenty-five dollars for each thirty-day supply of a medically necessary covered noninsulin drug (A) prescribed to the insured by a prescribing practitioner, or (B) prescribed and dispensed pursuant to subsection (d) of section 20-616 once during a policy year if such noninsulin drug is a glucagon drug;
(3) One hundred dollars for a thirty-day supply of all medically necessary covered diabetes devices and diabetic ketoacidosis devices for such insured that are in accordance with such insured's diabetes treatment plan, including, but not limited to, diabetes devices and diabetic ketoacidosis devices prescribed and dispensed pursuant to subsection (d) of section 20-616 once during a policy year.
(d) The provisions of subsection (c) of this section shall apply to a high deductible health plan to the maximum extent permitted by federal law, except if such plan is used to establish a medical savings account or an Archer MSA pursuant to Section 220 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to time, or a health savings account pursuant to Section 223 of said Internal Revenue Code, as amended from time to time, the provisions of said subsection (c) shall apply to such plan to the maximum extent that (1) is permitted by federal law, and (2) does not disqualify such account for the deduction allowed under said Section 220 or 223, as applicable.”
(P.A. 97-268, S. 4; P.A. 17-15, S. 51; July Sp. Sess. P.A. 20-4, S. 13.)
See Sec. 38a-518d for similar provisions re group policies.
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