Bill Text: CT SB00017 | 2010 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning Health Care Provider Rental Network Contract Arrangements.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)
Status: (Passed) 2010-05-18 - Signed by the Governor [SB00017 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2010-SB00017-Comm_Sub.html
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February Session, 2010 |
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AN ACT CONCERNING HEALTH CARE PROVIDER RENTAL NETWORK CONTRACT ARRANGEMENTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 42-491 of the 2010 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2010):
(a) Any contracting entity that enters into or renews a contract with a health care provider on or after January 1, 2009, and that sells, leases, rents, assigns or grants access to such provider's health care services, discounted rates or fees shall include in such contract a provision specifically stating that such contracting entity may sell, lease, rent, assign or grant access to such provider's health care services, discounted rates or the fees established in such contract.
(b) (1) Each such contracting entity that sells, leases, rents, assigns or grants access to any covered entity, a physician panel or a health care provider's health care services, discounted rates or fees shall:
[(1)] (A) Maintain an Internet web site or a toll-free telephone number through which a health care provider may obtain a listing of the covered entities to which such provider's services, discounted rates or fees have been sold, leased, rented, assigned or granted access. Such contracting entity shall update such listing on a routine basis not less than every ninety days; and
[(2)] (B) Upon request at the time of entering into such contract, provide a list to the health care provider of all known covered entities to which such contracting entity may sell, lease, rent, assign or grant access to such provider's health care services, discounted rates or fees. Such contracting entity shall update such list on a routine basis not less than every ninety days.
(2) Each covered entity that subsequently sells, leases, rents, assigns or grants access to such provider's health care services, discounted rates or fees shall:
(A) Maintain an Internet web site or a toll-free telephone number through which a health care provider may obtain a listing of the entities to which such provider's services, discounted rates or fees have been subsequently sold, leased, rented, assigned or granted access; and
(B) At the time of such subsequent selling, leasing, renting, assigning or granting of access, inform the contracting entity and the health care providers such contracting entity has directly contracted with of the Internet web site address or toll-free telephone number established under subparagraph (A) of this subdivision.
(c) Each covered entity shall pay the health care provider's discounted rates or fees in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the contract between the contracting entity and such provider.
(d) Subject to any applicable continuity of care requirements, agreements or contractual provisions with a health care provider, a covered entity's right to exercise a contracting entity's rights and responsibilities under a contract shall terminate on the date such contracting entity's contract with such provider is terminated.
(e) On and after January 1, 2009, all remittance advices, whether written or electronic, shall clearly identify the following:
(1) The name of the covered entity responsible for payment to the health care provider; and
(2) The name of the contracting entity through which the payment rate and any discounts are claimed.
(f) On and after January 1, 2009, any contracting entity or covered entity that issues a member identification card shall clearly mark on such card the address of the Internet web site or toll-free telephone number set forth in subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of this section.
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2010) (a) Any violation of section 42-491 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, shall be deemed an unfair or deceptive insurance practice under section 38a-816 of the general statutes.
(b) The Insurance Commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54 of the general statutes, to carry out the provisions of sections 42-490 to 42-493, inclusive, of the general statutes, as amended by this act.
(c) Nothing in this section shall prohibit or limit any claim or action by a health care provider against a contracting entity or covered entity.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
October 1, 2010 |
42-491 |
Sec. 2 |
October 1, 2010 |
New section |
INS |
Joint Favorable Subst. |