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IntroducedFeb 26, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Passed House
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Connecticut Senate Bill
AN ACT CONCERNING HEALTH COVERAGE. To: (1) require certain health insurers, preferred provider networks and other entities to include certain provisions in contracts with health care providers regarding reimbursement for certain covered health benefits, (2) clarify the definition of "anti-steering clause" under section 38a-477i of the general statutes, (3) require the Insurance Commissioner to conduct a study concerning various revisions to the insurance statutes, (4) change the time period that a health carrier and participating provider shall continue to abide by the terms of a contract under section 38a-472f of the general statutes, (5) prohibit a health carrier from using a software tool to downcode or deny certain health insurance claims, (6) establish a rebuttable presumption for purposes of the review of an adverse determination under section 38a-591e of the general statutes, and (7) prohibit certain health carriers from requiring step therapy for prescription drugs used to treat a chronic, disabling or life-threatening condition.
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 27, 2026: Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 342
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Insurance and Real Estate Committeeprimary


- Sen. Martha Marxcosponsor
- Rep. Amy Morrin Bellocosponsor
Votes
NO: 4
- Pavalock-D'Amato C
- Hwang T
- Allie-Brennan R
- Nuccio T
OTHER: 0
YES: 40
- Osten C
- Gordon J
- Walker T
- Haddad G
- Kushner J
- Exum T
- Johnson S
- Paris C
- Kavros DeGraw E
- Khan M
- Leeper J
- Anwar S
- Lesser M
- Baker A
- Martinez R
- Belton K
- Marx M
- McCarthy Vahey C
- McCrory D
- Brown M
- Nolan A
- Candelaria J
- Reyes G
- Dathan L
- Rosario C
- Sanchez E
- DeFronzo D
- Sanchez J
- Delany H
- Simms T
- Dillon P
- Slap D
- Felipe A
- Winfield G
- Flexer M
- Gaiewski D
- Garibay J
- Gibson B
- Gilchrest J
- Gonzalez M
NO: 12
- Harding S
- Hoxha J
- Somers H
- Kennedy K
- Nuccio T
- Ackert T
- Berthel E
- Bolinsky M
- Pavalock-D'Amato C
- Courpas T
- DeCaprio M
- Foncello M
ABSTAIN: 1
YES: 29
- Winfield G
- Osborne M
- Stafstrom S
- Flexer M
- Gadkar-Wilcox S
- Quinn M
- Fazzino J
- Rahman M
- Roberts K
- Blumenthal M
- Simms T
- Brown M
- Cabrera J
- Walker T
- Wilson D
- Delany H
- Dillon P
- Doucette J
- Elliott J
- Gaston H
- Gilchrest J
- Godfrey B
- Jacobson J
- Johnson D
- Khan M
- LaMark Muir R
- Lesser M
- Maher C
- Miller P
NO: 12
- Pavalock-D'Amato C
- Perillo J
- Kissel J
- Fishbein C
- Rutigliano D
- Veach D
- Callahan P
- Cicarella P
- DeCaprio M
- Dubitsky D
- Howard G
- O'Dea T
OTHER: 0
Actions
- Apr 27, 2026 | Senate
- Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office (LCO)
- No New File by Committee on Judiciary
- Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
- Apr 24, 2026 | Senate
- Joint Favorable (JUD)
- Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office (LCO)
- Apr 22, 2026 | Senate
- Referred by Senate to Committee on Judiciary
- Immediate Transmittal
- Apr 20, 2026 | Senate
- Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office (LCO)
- Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office (LCO)
- No New File by Committee on Appropriations
- Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
- Apr 17, 2026 | Senate
- Joint Favorable (APP)
- Apr 15, 2026 | Senate
- Senate Adopted Senate Amendment Schedule A 4096
- Referred by Senate to Committee on Appropriations
- Immediate Transmittal
- Mar 30, 2026 | Senate
- Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office (LCO)
- Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
- Senate Calendar Number 178
- File Number 223 (LCO)
- Mar 23, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/30/26 12:00 PM (LCO)
- Mar 12, 2026 | Senate
- Joint Favorable (INS)
- Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office (LCO)
- Feb 27, 2026 | Senate
- Public Hearing 03/03
- Feb 26, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Joint Committee on Insurance and Real Estate
