Sec. 38a-469. Definitions.
Sec. 38a-469. Definitions. As used in this title, unless the context otherwise requires or a different meaning is specifically prescribed, "health insurance" policy means
insurance providing benefits due to illness or injury, resulting in loss of life, loss of
earnings, or expenses incurred, and includes the following types of coverage: (1) Basic
hospital expense coverage; (2) basic medical-surgical expense coverage; (3) hospital
confinement indemnity coverage; (4) major medical expense coverage; (5) disability
income protection coverage; (6) accident only coverage; (7) long term care coverage;
(8) specified accident coverage; (9) Medicare supplement coverage; (10) limited benefit
health coverage; (11) hospital or medical service plan contract; (12) hospital and medical
coverage provided to subscribers of a health care center; (13) specified disease coverage;
(14) TriCare supplement coverage.
(P.A. 90-243, S. 68; P.A. 96-227, S. 9; P.A. 08-147, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 96-227 added "specified disease coverage" as a type of "health insurance" policy; (Revisor's note: In
2005 the words "title 38a" were replaced editorially by the Revisors with "this title"); P.A. 08-147 added Subdiv. (14) to
include TriCare supplement coverage in definition of "health insurance" policy.