Sec. 38a-491b. Assignment of benefits to a dentist or oral surgeon.
Sec. 38a-491b. Assignment of benefits to a dentist or oral surgeon. No insurer,
health care center, hospital and medical service corporation or other entity delivering,
issuing for delivery, renewing, continuing or amending any individual health insurance
policy in this state on or after July 1, 2000, providing coverage of the type specified in
subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (11) and (12) of section 38a-469, and no dental services plan
offering or administering dental services may refuse to accept or make reimbursement
pursuant to an assignment of benefits made to a dentist or oral surgeon by an insured,
subscriber or enrollee, provided (1) the dentist or oral surgeon charges the insured,
subscriber or enrollee no more for services than the dentist or surgeon charges uninsured
patients for the same services, and (2) the dentist or oral surgeon allows the insurer,
health care center, corporation or entity to review the records related to the insured,
subscriber or enrollee during regular business hours. The insurer, health care center,
corporation or entity shall give the dentist or oral surgeon at least forty-eight hours'
notice prior to such review. As used in this section, "assignment of benefits" means the
transfer of dental care coverage reimbursement benefits or other rights under an insurance policy, subscription contract or dental services plan by an insured, subscriber or
enrollee to a dentist or oral surgeon.
(P.A. 00-33, S. 1, 3.)
History: P.A. 00-33 effective July 1, 2000.
See Sec. 38a-517b for similar provisions re group policies.