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2025 Regular Session

Senate Bill 10

AN ACT CONCERNING HEALTH INSURANCE AND PATIENT PROTECTION.

Became law as Public Act 25-94, signed June 24, 2025, 167 days after it was filed.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To: (1) Establish (A) certain reporting requirements and enforcement provisions concerning compliance with mental health and substance use disorder benefit laws, and (B) the parity advancement account; (2) require health carriers to bear the burden of proving that certain health care services under adverse determination or utilization review are not medically necessary; (3) establish certain prohibitions on the use of step therapy for prescription drugs; (4) require health carriers to include certain provisions in contracts with health care providers regarding reimbursement for certain covered health benefits; (5) establish certain requirements concerning stop loss insurance policies for health care or medical benefits under any self-funded employee health benefit plan; (6) establish certain health insurance rate filing requirements and require that the Insurance Commissioner adopt regulations concerning affordability in rate filing; (7) prohibit the use of artificial intelligence to make an adverse determination based on medical necessity; and (8) prohibit any individual or group health insurance policy from imposing (A) arbitrary time limits on reimbursement for general anesthesia services, or (B) unilateral arbitrary limitations on reimbursement for medically necessary ancillary services.

Sponsors

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

In the Senate

23 co-sponsors

Martin M. Looney, Bob Duff, Saud Anwar, Jorge Cabrera, Christine Cohen, Mae Flexer, Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox, Herron Gaston, Jan Hochadel, Paul Honig, Julie Kushner, Matthew L. Lesser, Rick Lopes, Ceci Maher, James J. Maroney, Martha Marx, Douglas McCrory, Patricia Billie Miller, Norman Needleman, Catherine A. Osten, MD Rahman, Derek Slap, Gary A. Winfield

In the House of Representatives

    17 co-sponsors

    Josh Elliott, James Sanchez, Geraldo C. Reyes Jr., Kaitlyn Shake, Kenneth Gucker, David DeFronzo, Anne M. Hughes, Nicholas Menapace, Hubert D. Delany, Travis Simms, Nick Gauthier, Mary M. Mushinsky, Eleni Kavros DeGraw, Cristin McCarthy Vahey, Kai J. Belton, Lucy Dathan, Tom Delnicki

    Its course

    January 8 to June 24, 2025, 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 action37 actions on 21 days

    In the SenateJan 8 to May 21133 days

    Insurance and Real Estate CommitteeJan 8 to Mar 1364 days

    Judiciary CommitteeMay 1 to May 65 days

    Appropriations CommitteeMay 8 to May 124 days

    In the House of RepresentativesMay 21 to Jun 212 days

    Waiting to be sentJun 2 to Jun 2321 days

    With the GovernorJun 23 to Jun 241 day

    Amendments

    Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

    • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

      Adopted May 21 · Adopted Jun 2

    • House of Representatives floor amendmentRejected

      Rejected Jun 2

    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 Jan 8 – May 21

    1. Jan 8Introduced and sent to Insurance and Real Estate Committee
    2. Feb 25Drafted as a bill by Insurance and Real Estate Committee
    3. Feb 26Sent to Insurance and Real Estate Committee
    4. Feb 28Heard in Insurance and Real Estate Committee
    5. Mar 13Insurance and Real Estate Committee recommended a substitute for it
    6. May 1Sent to Judiciary Committee
    7. May 6Judiciary Committee recommended it
    8. May 8Sent to Appropriations Committee
    9. May 12Appropriations Committee recommended it
    10. May 21The Senate adopted Senate Amendment A
    11. Passed the Senate with Senate Amendment A

    In the House of Representatives May 23 – Jun 2

    1. May 23Arrived in the House of Representatives
    2. Jun 2The House of Representatives rejected House of Representatives Amendment A
    3. The House of Representatives adopted Senate Amendment A
    4. Passed the House of Representatives with Senate Amendment A

    To the Governor Jun 11 – Jun 24

    1. Jun 11Numbered Public Act 25-94
    2. Jun 23Sent to the Secretary of the State
    3. Sent to the Governor
    4. Jun 24Signed by the Governor
    All 37 actions, as published
    1. Jan 8REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Jan 21Vote to DraftBoth houses
    3. Feb 25DRAFTED BY COMMITTEEBoth houses
    4. Feb 26REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    5. Feb 28PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    6. Mar 13Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
    7. Mar 17FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    8. Mar 27REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    9. Apr 2RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    10. Apr 2FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    11. Apr 2SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
    12. Apr 2FILE NO.Both houses
    13. May 1REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate
    14. May 6Joint FavorableBoth houses
    15. May 6FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    16. May 7RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    17. May 7NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ONBoth houses
    18. May 7FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    19. May 8REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate
    20. May 8IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO COMMITTEESenate
    21. May 12Joint FavorableBoth houses
    22. May 13FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    23. May 13RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    24. May 13NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ONBoth houses
    25. May 13FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    26. May 21SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH.Senate
    27. May 21SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH.Senate
    28. May 23FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
    29. May 23HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
    30. Jun 2HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
    31. Jun 2HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
    32. Jun 2HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
    33. Jun 2IN CONCURRENCEHouse of Representatives
    34. Jun 11PUBLIC ACTBoth houses
    35. Jun 23TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATEBoth houses
    36. Jun 23TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNORGovernor
    37. Jun 24SIGNED BY GOVERNORGovernor