§ 38a-1085 — Qualified health plans.

Connecticut § 38a-1085

• Jurisdiction: Connecticut
• Title 38a: Insurance
• Ch. 706c: Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange

Text

(a) The exchange shall make qualified health plans available to qualified individuals and qualified employers for coverage beginning on or before January 1, 2014. (b) (1) The exchange shall not make available any health benefit plan that is not a qualified health plan. (2) The exchange shall allow a health carrier to offer a plan that provides limited scope dental benefits meeting the requirements of Section 9832(c)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code through the exchange, either separately or in conjunction with a qualified health plan, if the plan provides pediatric dental benefits meeting the requirements of Section 1302(b)(1)(J) of the Affordable Care Act. (c) Neither the exchange nor a health carrier offering health benefit plans through the exchange shall charge an individual a fee or penalty for termination of coverage if the individual enrolls in another type of minimum essential coverage because (1) the individual has become newly eligible for that coverage, or (2) the individual's employer-sponsored coverage has become affordable under the standards of Section 36B(c)(2)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Legislative History

(P.A. 11-53, S. 7.) History: P.A. 11-53 effective July 1, 2011.