§ 38a-478s — Nonapplicability to self-insured employee welfare benefit plans and workers' compensation plans.

(a) Nothing in sections 38a-478 to 38a-478o, inclusive, sections 38a-591a to 38a-591h, inclusive, or section 38a-591n shall be construed to apply to the arrangements of managed care organizations or health insurers offered to individuals covered under self-insured employee welfare benefit plans established pursuant to the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. (b) The provisions of sections 38a-478 to 38a-478o , inclusive, sections 38a-591a to 38a-591h , inclusive, and section 38a-591n shall not apply to any plan that provides for the financing or delivery of health care services solely for the purposes of workers' compensation benefits pursuant to chapter 568.

Legislative History

(P.A. 97-99, S. 28, 30; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-8, S. 64, 88; P.A. 99-284, S. 53, 60; P.A. 05-94, S. 4; P.A. 06-54, S. 5; P.A. 11-58, S. 74; P.A. 12-102, S. 9.) History: June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-8 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing the exemption for managed care organizations with an exemption for the arrangements of managed care organizations offered to individuals covered under self-insured plans, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 99-284 deleted obsolete reference to Sec. 38a-514a from Subsec. (b), effective January 1, 2000; P.A. 05-94 deleted references to “managed care organizations” and “employee welfare benefit plans established pursuant to the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974”, and referenced “health plans” in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 06-54 amended Subsec. (a) to insert “of managed care organizations or health insurers” and to substitute “self-insured employee welfare benefit plans established pursuant to the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974” for “self-insured health plans”, effective May 8, 2006; P.A. 11-58 added references to Secs. 38a-591a to 38a-591h, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 12-102 added references to Sec. 38a-591n.