Bill Text: CT SB00956 | 2013 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

Connecticut Senate Bill 956 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated With Streptococcal Infections.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-1-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-20 - File Number 72 [SB00956 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-SB00956-Comm_Sub.html


General Assembly		*Raised Bill No. 956*
*January Session, 2013*		LCO No. 3231
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Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
(INS)

AN ACT CONCERNING PEDIATRIC AUTOIMMUNE NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDER ASSOCIATED WITH STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2014) Each individual health insurance policy providing coverage of the type specified in subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (11) and (12) of section 38a-469 of the general statutes delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, amended or continued in this state shall provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder associated with streptococcal infections.

Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2014) Each group health insurance policy providing coverage of the type specified in subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (11) and (12) of section 38a-469 of the general statutes delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, amended or continued in this state shall provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder associated with streptococcal infections.

Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2013) The Department of Public Health shall develop programs to educate the relevant medical community and the general public and promote research on pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder associated with streptococcal infections. Such programs shall include, but not be limited to: (1) Clinical awareness programs for physicians and informational outreach programs for teachers and the general public; (2) epidemiological studies of pediatric neuropsychiatric disorder associated with streptococcal infections within this state; (3) the establishment of a panel consisting of experts in the clinical and research communities in the diagnosis, care and treatment of pediatric neuropsychiatric disorder associated with streptococcal infections to assist with the development of practice guidelines for such diagnosis, care and treatment in this state; and (4) the establishment of a state liaison to develop science-based guidelines for the diagnosis, care and treatment of pediatric neuropsychiatric disorder associated with streptococcal infections with the National Institute of Mental Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.


This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	January 1, 2014	New section
Sec. 2	January 1, 2014	New section
Sec. 3	October 1, 2013	New section