Connecticut General Statutes|Sec. 38a-516a. Coverage for birth-to-three program.

History: P.A. 96-185 effective July 1, 1996; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3 deleted provision re coverage for at least $5,000 annually, added Subdivs. (1) and (2) re coverage and benefits to be provided by policy and made technical changes, effective August 20, 2003; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 amended Subdiv. (2) by increasing per child per year benefit from $3,200 to $6,400 and by increasing 3-year per child aggregate benefit from $9,600 to $19,200, effective October 6, 2009; P.A. 11-44 added provision prohibiting out-of-pocket expenses with exception for high deductible plans, deleted Subdiv. (1) and (2) designators, added exception to provision re maximum benefit for child with autism spectrum disorders, and made technical changes, effective January 1, 2012 (Revisor's note: References to “autism spectrum disorders” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “autism spectrum disorder” to conform with changes made to Sec. 38a-514b by P.A. 11-4); P.A. 12-44 designated existing provisions as Subsecs. (a) to (d), amended Subsec. (a) to add “amended or continued” re policy and delete “on or after July 1, 1996”, amended Subsec. (d) to add provisions re restrictions on treatment of payment, and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 13-84 amended Subsec. (a) by designating existing provision re coverage for services provided by qualified personnel as Subdiv. (1) and adding Subdiv. (2) re coverage for insured diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder prior to release of the fifth edition of the American Psychiatric Association's “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders”, effective June 5, 2013; P.A. 14-235 amended Subsec. (b) to replace reference to Sec. 38a-493 with reference to Sec. 38a-520 and make a technical change; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting former Subdiv. (2) re level of coverage and making a conforming change, deleted former Subsec. (c) re maximum and aggregate benefit, and redesignated existing Subsec. (d) as Subsec. (c) and amended same to delete former Subdiv. (1) re loss of benefits due to maximum lifetime or annual limits, redesignate existing Subdiv. (2) as Subdiv. (1) and redesignate existing Subdiv. (3) as Subdiv. (2), effective January 1, 2016; P.A. 18-68 made a technical change in Subsec. (b); July Sp. Sess. P.A. 20-4 amended Subsec. (b) by substituting “high deductible health plan” for “high deductible plan”.