No insurer, health care center, hospital service corporation, medical service corporation or other entity delivering, issuing for delivery, renewing, continuing or amending any group health insurance policy in this state providing coverage of the type specified in subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (11) and (12) of section 38a-469, and no dental services plan offering or administering dental services, may refuse to accept or make reimbursement pursuant to an assignment of benefits made to a dentist or oral surgeon by an insured, subscriber or enrollee, provided (1) the dentist or oral surgeon charges the insured, subscriber or enrollee no more for services than the dentist or surgeon charges uninsured patients for the same services, and (2) the dentist or oral surgeon allows the insurer, health care center, corporation or entity to review the records related to the insured, subscriber or enrollee during regular business hours. The insurer, health care center, corporation or entity shall give the dentist or oral surgeon at least forty-eight hours' notice prior to such review. As used in this section, "assignment of benefits" means the transfer of dental care coverage reimbursement benefits or other rights under an insurance policy, subscription contract or dental services plan by an insured, subscriber or enrollee to a dentist or oral surgeon.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 38a-517b
( P.A. 00-33, S. 2, 3; P.A. 11-19, S. 26.)
See Sec. 38a-491b for similar provisions re individual policies.