Section 19a-NEW - [Newly enacted section not yet numbered] [Effective 1/1/2025] No denial of coverage based on health provider's decisions not to maintain a specialty certification(a) For purposes of this section:(1) "Health care provider" has the same meaning as provided in section 38a-477aa of the general statutes;(2) "Maintenance of certification" means any process requiring periodic recertification examinations or other professional development activities to maintain specialty certification;(3) "Professional liability insurance" has the same meaning as provided in section 38a-393 of the general statutes; and(4) "Specialty certification" means any certification by a medical board that specializes in one area of medicine and has requirements in addition to licensing requirements in this state.(b) No insurance company that delivers, issues for delivery, renews, amends or continues a professional liability insurance policy in this state on or after January 1, 2025, shall (1) deny coverage of a health care provider based solely on such health provider's decisions not to maintain a specialty certification, including, but not limited to, through participation in a maintenance of certification program, or (2) require evidence of maintenance of such specialty certification as a prerequisite for obtaining professional liability insurance or other indemnity against liability for professional malpractice in accordance with section 20-11b of the general statutes, provided such health care provider does not hold such health care provider out to be a specialist under such specialty certification.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-NEW
Added by P.A. 24-0019,S. 13 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2024 Regular Session, eff. 1/1/2025.