Sec. 38a-504g. Cancer clinical trials: Submission and certification of policy forms.
Sec. 38a-504g. Cancer clinical trials: Submission and certification of policy
forms. (a) Any insurer or health care center with coverage policies for care in cancer
clinical trials shall submit such policies to the Insurance Department for evaluation and
approval. The department shall certify whether the insurer's or health care center's
coverage policy for routine patient care costs associated with cancer clinical trials is
substantially equivalent to the requirements of sections 38a-504a to 38a-504g, inclusive.
If the department finds that such coverage is substantially equivalent to the requirements
of sections 38a-504a to 38a-504g, inclusive, the insurer or health care center shall be
exempt from the provisions of sections 38a-504a to 38a-504g, inclusive.
(b) Any such insurer or health care center shall report annually, in writing, to the
department that there have been no changes in the policy as certified by the department.
If there has been any change in the policy, the insurer or health care center shall resubmit
its policy for certification by the department.
(c) Any insurer or health care center coverage policy found by the department not
to be substantially equivalent to the requirements of sections 38a-504a to 38a-504g,
inclusive, shall abide by the requirements of sections 38a-504a to 38a-504g, inclusive,
until the insurer or health care center has received such certification by the department.
(P.A. 01-171, S. 14, 25.)
History: P.A. 01-171 effective January 1, 2002.
See Sec. 38a-542g for similar provisions re group policies.