No individual or organization that provides medical advice, diagnosis, care or treatment of a type covered under a special health care plan shall provide such service to any person in this state unless such individual or organization provides such service, upon request, on the basis of the applicable reimbursement rate, to low-income individuals or their dependents covered under such special health care plans.

(P.A. 75-616, S. 2, 12; P.A. 86-106, S. 1; P.A. 90-134, S. 24, 28; P.A. 91-201, S. 5, 8; P.A. 93-338, S. 4; 93-435, S. 69; P.A. 15-247, S. 14.)

History: P.A. 86-106 limited the exemption from the required availability of individual comprehensive health care plans to those residents of this state who are at least 65 years of age and eligible for Medicare; P.A. 90-134 removed language in Subsec. (b) pertaining to group comprehensive plans for employers of between 3 and 25 employees; Sec. 38-372 transferred to Sec. 38a-552 in 1991; P.A. 91-201 made technical changes re definition of “small employer”; P.A. 93-338 deleted in Subsecs. (a) and (b) the individual comprehensive health care plan option choices for both individuals and employers; P.A. 93-345 amended Subsec. (a)(1) to delete the requirement that an individual comprehensive health care plan shall include the choice of a low option or middle option or high option deductible; P.A. 15-247 deleted former Subsecs. (a) to (d) re carrier requirements to make available individual and group comprehensive health care plans as condition of transacting health insurance in this state and added provision re individual or organization providing medical advice, diagnosis, care or treatment under special health care plan to provide service to low-income individuals or dependents covered under such plan, effective July 10, 2015.