Sec. 38a-541. (Formerly Sec. 38-262h). Group health policy to allow spouse coverage as both employee and dependent, when. Effect of collective bargaining agreements.
Sec. 38a-541. (Formerly Sec. 38-262h). Group health policy to allow spouse
coverage as both employee and dependent, when. Effect of collective bargaining
agreements. Every health insurance policy issued under a group insurance plan and by
an insurance company, hospital or medical service corporation, health care center or
fraternal benefit society, delivered, issued for delivery or renewed in this state shall
allow the spouse of any employee participating in such or any other group insurance
plan offered by the same employer to be covered as an employee in addition to being
covered as a dependent of such participating employee, except that benefits provided
under such combined coverage of the employee as an employee and as a dependent
shall not be in excess of one hundred per cent of the charge for the covered expense or
service. The provisions of this section shall apply only where a husband and wife are
employed by the same employer and by reason of their employment are both participating in a group insurance plan. Nothing in this section shall alter or impair existing
group health insurance policies or contracts which have been established pursuant to
an agreement which resulted from collective bargaining, and the provisions required by
this section shall become effective upon the next regular renewal and completion of
such collective bargaining agreement.
(P.A. 79-283, S. 2; P.A. 80-248, S. 2; P.A. 85-362, S. 1, 3; P.A. 90-243, S. 122.)
History: P.A. 80-248 rephrased provisions and added provision re applicability of provisions to existing policies or
contracts established pursuant to collective bargaining agreement; P.A. 85-362 clarified that spouses employed by the
same employer may be covered as both an employee and as a dependent in any applicable insurance plan offered by the
the employer; P.A. 90-243 made technical changes for statutory consistency; Sec. 38-262h transferred to Sec. 38a-541
in 1991.