Sec. 38a-518d. Mandatory coverage for diabetes testing and treatment. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 38a-518d. Mandatory coverage for diabetes testing and treatment. (a) Each group 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 on or after October 1, 1997, shall provide coverage for laboratory and diagnostic tests for all types of diabetes.

      (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 38a-518a, each group 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 on or after October 1, 1997, 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. 5.)

      See Sec. 38a-492d for similar provisions re individual policies.