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ConnecticutSB 003422026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET
AN ACT CONCERNING HEALTH COVERAGE.
Sponsored By: Insurance and Real Estate Committee
Failed
Summary
To: (1) require certain health insurers, preferred provider networks and other entities to include certain provisions in contracts with health care providers regarding reimbursement for certain covered health benefits, (2) clarify the definition of "anti-steering clause" under section 38a-477i of the general statutes, (3) require the Insurance Commissioner to conduct a study concerning various revisions to the insurance statutes, (4) change the time period that a health carrier and participating provider shall continue to abide by the terms of a contract under section 38a-472f of the general statutes, (5) prohibit a health carrier from using a software tool to downcode or deny certain health insurance claims, (6) establish a rebuttable presumption for purposes of the review of an adverse determination under section 38a-591e of the general statutes, and (7) prohibit certain health carriers from requiring step therapy for prescription drugs used to treat a chronic, disabling or life-threatening condition.
insurance and real estate
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Bill Overview
No Economic Impacts Identified for this Bill
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Insurance and Real Estate Committee
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
Amy Morrin Bello
Democratic • House
Joan V. Hartley
Democratic • Senate
Josh Elliott
Democratic • House
Julie Kushner
Democratic • Senate
MD Rahman
Democratic • Senate
Martha Marx
Democratic • Senate
Martin M. Looney
Democratic • Senate
Nick Gauthier
Democratic • House
Patricia Billie Miller
Democratic • Senate
Saud Anwar
Democratic • Senate
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 4/24/2026
JUD Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable)
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 4/17/2026
APP Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable)
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/12/2026
Senate Roll Call Vote 298
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/12/2026
INS Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable)
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
House Calendar Number 575
5/6/2026HouseFavorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
5/6/2026HouseTransmitted Pursuant To Joint Rule 17
5/5/2026legislatureSenate Passed as Amended by Senate Amendment Schedule A,B
5/5/2026SenateSenate Adopted Senate Amendment Schedule B 6132
5/5/2026SenateFavorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
4/27/2026SenateNo New File by Committee on Judiciary
4/27/2026legislatureReported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
4/27/2026legislatureFiled with Legislative Commissioners' Office
4/24/2026legislatureJoint Favorable
4/24/2026legislatureImmediate Transmittal
4/22/2026legislatureReferred by Senate to Committee on Judiciary
4/22/2026SenateFavorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
4/20/2026SenateNo New File by Committee on Appropriations
4/20/2026legislatureReported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
4/20/2026legislatureFiled with Legislative Commissioners' Office
4/20/2026legislatureJoint Favorable
4/17/2026legislatureImmediate Transmittal
4/15/2026legislatureReferred by Senate to Committee on Appropriations
4/15/2026SenateSenate Adopted Senate Amendment Schedule A 4096
4/15/2026SenateFile Number 223
3/30/2026legislatureSenate Calendar Number 178
3/30/2026SenateFavorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
3/30/2026SenateReported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
3/30/2026legislatureReferred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/30/26 12:00 PM
3/23/2026legislature
Bill Text
File No. 223
3/30/2026
APP Joint Favorable
3/12/2026
INS Joint Favorable
3/12/2026
JUD Joint Favorable
3/12/2026
Raised Bill
2/26/2026
APP Joint Fav. Rpt
APP Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable)
Bill Analysis For File Copy 223
Fiscal Note Addendum for SB-342
Fiscal Note For File Copy 223
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 4096 (See Fiscal Note Details)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 5372 (See Fiscal Note Details)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 5518 (See Fiscal Note Details)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 6105 (See Fiscal Note Details)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 6132 (See Fiscal Note Details)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 6190 (See Fiscal Note Details)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 6206 (See Fiscal Note Details)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 6207 (No Fiscal Impact)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 6208 (See Fiscal Note Details)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 6209 (See Fiscal Note Details)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 6210 (See Fiscal Note Details)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 6211 (See Fiscal Note Details)
Fiscal Note for SB-342, As Amended by Senate "A" (LCO 4096), Senate "B" (LCO 6132)
House LCO Amendment #6190 (J)
House LCO Amendment #6206 (J)
House LCO Amendment #6207 (J)
House LCO Amendment #6208 (J)
House LCO Amendment #6209 (J)
House LCO Amendment #6210 (J)
House LCO Amendment #6211 (J)
INS Joint Fav. Rpt
INS Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable)
JUD Joint Fav. Rpt
JUD Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable)
Senate LCO Amendment #5372 (R)
Senate LCO Amendment #5518 (J)
Senate LCO Amendment #6105 (J)
Senate Roll Call Vote 298
Senate Schedule A LCO# 4096 (D)
Senate Schedule B LCO# 6132 (J)
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