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BILL #

CHAPTER #

ISSUE

BILL DESCRIPTION

HB 5197

172

Motor vehicle insurance - title issues

Requires marketable titles be provided with vehicles sold at auction. Effective: October 1, 2007.

HB 5286

68

Property insurance

Promotes fairness for all residential condominium unit owners; requires that all residential condominium unit owners be treated fairly with respect to the property insurance on the condominium; relates to flood insurance for condominiums located in flood hazard areas; provides for repair in excess of available insurance proceeds, regardless of whether the excess is the result of an insurance deductible; provides for repair of common areas. Effective: October 1, 2007.

HB 5537

134

Motor vehicle insurance - traffic safety

Concerns wheelchair transfer safety; ensures the safety of wheelchair bound individuals who ride in invalid coaches; requires use of a device designed to secure such persons and requires such device to be located in the vehicle at all times; relates to service buses, vanpool vehicles, motor buses, student transportation vehicles and camp vehicles; includes vehicles used by municipal, volunteer and commercial ambulance services, rescue services and management services. Effective: October 1, 2007.

HB 6982

54

State regulation

Makes minor and technical changes to the insurance statutes; provides for granting companies or centers exemptions from compliance as regards reporting of reserve liabilities; includes health care centers; relates to positron emission tomography and co-payments; relates to magnetic resonance imaging and computed axial tomography and co-payments. Effective: October 1, 2007.

HB 7236

120

Workers' compensation - disputes and settlements

Concerns apportionment of liability in a negligence action, costs and attorney's fees in an action of foreclosure or upon a bond substituted for a mechanic's lien; permits a defendant in a negligence action to allege that another person, including a person who is immune from liability under worker's compensation law, was a substantial factor in causing the plaintiff's injuries or damages. Effective: October 1, 2007.

HB 7262

225

State regulation

Provides for electronic-only filing of annual financial audits by a foreign insurer to be made instead of requiring hard copy; revises the health care definition to more accurately define the range and categories of health care services. Effective: October 1, 2007.

HB 7300

77

Catastrophe-related legislation

Establishes mitigating measures to mitigate catastrophic losses due to hurricanes and severe storms; relates to homeowners insurance policies; prohibits insurance companies from requiring the installation of hurricane shutters as a condition of insurance; requires a premium discount for homeowners who install storm shutters or impact-resistant glass; includes mobile home dwellers; provides for a Coastal Market Assistance program established by the Insurance Commissioner. Effective: October 1, 2007.

SB 109

5

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Requires automobile insurance discounts for drivers sixty years of age and over who complete an accident prevention course; enhances driver safety by encouraging individuals sixty years of age and older to take and pass an accident prevention course approved by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. Effective: October 1, 2007.

SB 224

88

Motor vehicle insurance - traffic offenses

Concerns notice of parking violations on a rented or leased motor vehicle; provides for service of a notice of parking violation on the operator of the motor vehicle who may be subject to nonrenewal of registration for nonpayment of fines for parking violations; provides that upon notification, the owner of a rented or leased vehicle may notify the municipality of he lessee at the time of issuance of the violation; provides for address, motor vehicle operator's license number and state of issuance. Effective: October 1, 2007.

SB 249

25

Tort reform. -- medical malpractice

Concerns medical malpractice claims against chiropractors; requires the Insurance Department to collect and make public information regarding medical malpractice claims against chiropractors; provides that a claim means a request for indemnification filed by a medical professional or hospital. Effective: October 1, 2007.

SB 739

212

Motor vehicle insurance - auto body shops

Prohibits steering of business to repairers of motor vehicle damage; strengthens the existing anti-steering language in section 38a-354 of the general statutes. Effective: October 1, 2007.

SB 845

161

Workers' compensation - benefits, claims and authorized treatments

Relates to workers' compensation and survivor benefits; relates to retirement; provides that pension benefits for police or fire fighters shall not terminate upon remarriage. Effective: October 1, 2007.

SB 931

89

Workers' compensation -- fraud

Relates to penalties for concealing employment or other information related to worker's compensation premiums; provides for a stop work order; relates to the intent to deceive or defraud an insurance company by misrepresenting independent contractors; relates to misrepresentation for the purpose of paying a lower premium for unemployment insurance. Effective: October 1, 2007.

SB 974

235

Motor vehicle insurance -- event data recorders

Limits law enforcement access to recorded information in black box event data recorders in motor vehicles; limits disclosure of certain event data recorder information from passenger motor vehicles. Effective: October 1, 2007.

SB 1036

80

Workers' compensation - benefits, claims and authorized treatments

Provides for notification to injured employees of the discontinuation or reduction of workers' compensation benefits; provides clear notice to a workers' compensation claimant of the intent to discontinue or reduce workers' compensation benefits to require certification by the attending physician of a worker's ability to return to work and to increase the period of time the worker has to request a hearing on such discontinuance or reduction; requires medical documentation. Effective: October 1, 2007.

SB 1095

37

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Updates the value of a motor vehicle exempt from execution on a judgment; updates the value of a motor vehicle exempt from execution on a judgment to reflect inflation on the fair market value; relates to the credit homestead of an exemptioner. Effective: October 1, 2007.

SB 1108

29

Workers' compensation - fund management

Relates to the interim appointment of workers' compensation commissioners; conforms the procedure for the interim appointment and approval of workers' compensation commissioners with the procedure for the interim appointment and approval of judges; requires notification of any extension. Effective: October 1, 2007.

SB 1212

21

Guaranty funds

Relates to guaranty associations and insolvent insurers; concerns the Insurance Guaranty Association with respect to covered property and casualty claims; relates to workers' compensation policies. Effective: October 1, 2007.

SB 1270

165

Tort reform - dram shop

Concerns notice in dram shop actions involving death or incapacity; restores former provisions concerning the computation of the required notice period for bringing a dram shop action in the case of the death or incapacity of an aggrieved person. Effective: October 1, 2007.

SB 1378

31

Workers' compensation - benefits, claims and authorized treatments

Relates to the workers' compensation medical practitioners' fee schedule; permits the Workers' Compensation Chairman to establish fees for workers' compensation medical providers using the Medicare resource-based relative value scale for establishing provider payments; provides that the conversion to the Medicare resource-based relative value scale shall be revenue-neutral; relates to adjustments to the fee schedules; provides for the filing of an appeal. Effective: October 1, 2007.

SB 1384

65

Tort reform - wrongful death

Relates to the tolling of the statute of limitations in wrongful death cases; clarifies the applicability of the automatic ninety-day extension of the statute of limitations to allow reasonable inquiry in personal injury and wrongful death civil actions; provides for recovery of damages from personal injury. Effective: October 1, 2007.

SB 1400

167

Motor vehicle insurance -- miscellaneous

Amends various statutes concerning the Department of Motor Vehicles, including several definitions of what constitutes a vehicle. Effective: October 1, 2007.