Sec. 38a-530a. Mandatory coverage for breast cancer survivors. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 38a-530a. Mandatory coverage for breast cancer survivors. (a) No group health insurance plan, as defined in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 38a-476, or insurance arrangement, as defined in subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 38a-476, may refuse to cover a group health insurance applicant due to breast cancer if such applicant has remained free from breast cancer for at least five years prior to the applicant's request for group health insurance coverage. The group health insurance carrier may require that the applicant submit to a physical examination.

      (b) The provisions of this section shall apply to every health insurance plan or insurance arrangement issued, renewed or continued in this state on or after October 1, 1996. For purposes of this section, the date a plan or arrangement is continued shall be the anniversary date of the issuance of the plan or arrangement.

      (P.A. 96-177, S. 3.)

      See Sec. 38a-476(a) re breast cancer and preexisting conditions clauses.

      See Sec. 38a-503a for similar provisions re individual policies.