Conn. Gen. Stat. § 38a-498a

Current with legislation from the 2024 Regular and Special Sessions.

Section 38a-498a - [Effective Until 1/1/2025] Prior authorization prohibited for certain 9-1-1 emergency calls

No individual health insurance policy providing coverage of the type specified in subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (6), (10), (11) and (12) of section 38a-469, delivered, issued for delivery or renewed in this state, on or after October 1, 1996, shall direct or require an enrollee to obtain approval from the insurer or health care center prior to calling a 9-1-1 local prehospital emergency medical service system whenever such enrollee is confronted with a life or limb threatening emergency. For purposes of this section, a "life or limb threatening emergency" means any event which the enrollee believes threatens his life or limb in such a manner that a need for immediate medical care is created to prevent death or serious impairment of health.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 38a-498a

( P.A. 96-67 , S. 1 .)

This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.

See Sec. 38a-525a for similar provisions re group policies.