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2019 Regular Session

Senate Bill 984

AN ACT CONCERNING MINIMUM ESSENTIAL HEALTH COVERAGE, REPORTS REGARDING HEALTH INSURANCE AND TAXATION, A HEALTH INSURER SURCHARGE AND THE CONNECTICUT HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGE.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on April 4, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To: (1) Establish a minimum essential health coverage requirement; (2) require the Commissioner of Revenue Services to develop methods to enforce such requirement and design a tax credit to offset the cost of health insurance; (3) impose a tax on certain health carriers for net direct premiums; (4) establish the "Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange Fund"; (5) require certain insurers, health care centers, fraternal benefit societies, hospital service corporations, medical service corporations and other entities that transact health insurance business in this state or administer state health plans to offer not fewer than one qualified health plan through the Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange; and (6) require the Office of Health Strategy to study the possible implementation of state-financed health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies and a reinsurance program.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

1 co-sponsor

Martin M. Looney

Its course

February 28 to April 4, 2019, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action9 actions on 6 days

In the SenateFeb 28 to Apr 4 · stopped35 days

Insurance and Real Estate CommitteeFeb 28 to Mar 1919 days

Text

Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

In the Senate Feb 28 – Mar 19

  1. Feb 28Introduced and sent to Insurance and Real Estate Committee
  2. Mar 1Heard in Insurance and Real Estate Committee
  3. Mar 19Insurance and Real Estate Committee recommended a substitute for it
All 9 actions, as published
  1. Feb 28REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
  2. Mar 1PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
  3. Mar 19Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
  4. Mar 20FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
  5. Mar 29REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
  6. Apr 4RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
  7. Apr 4FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
  8. Apr 4SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
  9. Apr 4FILE NO.Both houses