Sec. 38a-543. (Formerly Sec. 38-262j). Age discrimination in group insurance coverage prohibited. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 38a-543. (Formerly Sec. 38-262j). Age discrimination in group insurance coverage prohibited. No individual, partnership, corporation or unincorporated association which employs less than twenty employees and provides group hospital, surgical or medical insurance coverage for its employees may reduce the coverage provided to any employee or any employee's spouse solely because he has reached the age of sixty-five and is eligible for Medicare benefits except to the extent such coverage is provided by Medicare. The terms of any such plan provided by any such employer which employs twenty or more employees shall entitle any employee who has attained the age of sixty-five and any employee's spouse who has attained the age of sixty-five to group hospital, surgical or medical insurance coverage under the same conditions as any covered employee or spouse who is under the age of sixty-five.

      (P.A. 82-196, S. 2; P.A. 88-303, S. 2, 6; P.A. 90-88, S. 2.)

      History: P.A. 88-303 removed the provision for reduced coverage for Medicare-eligible employees and provided that employees and their spouses aged 65 and over are entitled to group health insurance coverage under the same conditions as covered employees and spouses under age 65; P.A. 90-88 allowed for the provision of reduced coverage for Medicare eligible employees of employers with less than 20 employees; Sec. 38-262j transferred to Sec. 38a-543 in 1991.