2019 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 38a - Insurance
Chapter 700c - Health Insurance
Section 38a-495b - Medicare supplement policies and certificates. Definitions.

(a) As used in sections 38a-473, 38a-474 and 38a-481, subsection (l) of section 38a-495a, sections 38a-495c and 38a-513 and this section, “Medicare” means the Health Insurance for the Aged Act, Title XVIII of the Social Security Amendments of 1965, as amended from time to time (Title I, Part I of P.L. 89-97). For policies or certificates delivered or issued for delivery to any resident of this state who is eligible for Medicare, prior to July 30, 1992, “Medicare supplement policy” means any individual or group health insurance policy or certificate delivered or issued for delivery to any resident of the state who is eligible for Medicare, except any long-term care policy as defined in sections 38a-501 and 38a-528. For policies or certificates delivered or issued for delivery to any resident on or after July 30, 1992, “Medicare supplement policy” means (A) a group or individual policy of accident and sickness insurance or (B) a subscriber contract of hospital service corporations, medical service corporations or health care centers, other than a policy issued pursuant to a contract under Section 1876 or Section 1833 of the federal Social Security Act, 42 USC 1395 et seq., or (C) an issued policy under a demonstration project authorized pursuant to amendments to the federal Social Security Act, that is advertised, marketed or designed primarily as a supplement to reimbursements under Medicare for the hospital, medical or surgical expenses of persons eligible for Medicare.

(b) In accordance with the regulations adopted pursuant to section 38a-495a, there shall be standardized Medicare supplement insurance policies or certificates as designated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

(P.A. 93-390, S. 1, 8; P.A. 05-20, S. 4; P.A. 11-19, S. 30; P.A. 17-15, S. 100.)

History: P.A. 93-390 effective January 1, 1994; P.A. 05-20 amended Subsec. (b) to substitute “July 1, 2005,” for “June 30, 1992,” and delete “ten” and substitute “A” to “L” for “A” to “J” re standardized policies or certificates, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 11-19 amended Subsec. (b) to delete provision re Medicare supplement plans “A” to “L”, insert “Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services” and make technical changes; P.A. 17-15 made technical changes in Subsec. (a).