Substitute Senate Bill No. 229
AN ACT CONCERNING LISTS OF PROVIDERS AND NOTIFICATION OF TERMINATION OR WITHDRAWAL OF PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 38a-478d of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2007):
For any contract delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, amended or continued in this state on or after October 1, 1997, each managed care organization shall provide: (1) Annually to each enrollee a listing of all providers available under the provisions of the enrollee's enrollment agreement, in writing or through the Internet at the option of the enrollee; and (2) notification, as soon as possible, to each enrollee in a managed care plan that requires the selection of a primary care physician upon the termination or withdrawal of the enrollee's primary care physician.
Approved May 7, 2007