- Section 1: Certificate of Good Faith, Reasonable Inquiry or Merit & Written Opinion Letter
- Section 2: Automatic Ninety-Day Extension of Statute of Limitations
- Section 3: Elements of a Medical Malpractice Action
- Section 4: Defenses
- Section 5: Evidence
Connecticut Network for Legal Aid :
Connecticut Office of the Attorney General:
- Your Rights to Make Health Care Decisions
(includes forms)
Disability Rights Connecticut (DRCT):
- Disability Rights Connecticut Informational Flyer
- Disability Rights Programs and Services
Connecticut Office of Health Care Access (Publications Archive):
- Guide to Paying Your Hospital Bill (PDF)
Connecticut Insurance Department:
- A Consumer's Guide to Appealing Health Insurance Denials
- Consumer Toolkit for Navigating Behavioral Health and Substance Abuse Care Through Your Health Insurance Plan
OLR Research Reports - Office of Legislative Research:
- Connecticut Abortion Law - 2022-R-0281
- Medicaid and Abortion - 2018-R-0260
- Connecticut's Abortion Clinics - 2018-R-0209
- Issue Brief: Connecticut's Health Insurance Rate Review Process - 2022-R-0251
- Connecticut's Health Insurance Rate Review Requirements - 2018-R-0226
- Copayments and Deductibles on Medicaid and Health Insurance Plans - 2015-R-0160
- Setting Rates For An Individual Health Insurance Policy - 2008-R-0127
- State Assistance for People with Physical Disabilities - 2018-R-0318
- Private Disability Insurance in Connecticut - 2016-R-0144
- State-Mandated Health Insurance Benefits - 2023-R-0246
- Step Therapy in Fully Insured Commercial Health Insurance Plans in Connecticut - 2023-R-0154
- Connecticut Health Insurance Provider and Facility Mandates - 2022-R-0100
- Step Therapy Provisions in Regional States - 2022-R-0159
- Insurance Coverage Requirements for the Treatment of PANDAS/PANS - 2022-R-0104
- Connecticut Long-Term Care Insurance Legislation, 2017-2022 - 2022-R-0137
- Health Insurance Coverage for Behavioral Therapy - 2022-R-0042
- Issue Brief: Healthcare Coverage Expansions - 2021-R-0215
- Issue Brief: Connecticut Health Insurance Reform 2016-2021 - 2021-R-0160
- Connecticut's Mental Health Parity Law - 2021-R-0210
- Insurance Coverage of Telehealth Services - 2021-R-0199
- Long-Term Care Insurance - 2021-R-0186
- Health Insurance Requirements for Surprise Bills in Connecticut - 2020-R-0204
- Issue Brief: Health Insurance Coverage for Insulin and Diabetes Under PA 20-4 (JSS) - 2020-R-0202
- Insurance Coverage for Bariatric Surgery - 2019-R-0273
- Issue Brief: Living Donor Protection Act - 2019-R-0303
- Insurance Coverage for Preexisting Conditions - 2018-R-0355
- Continuity of Care Requirements for Connecticut Insurance Coverage - 2017-R-0332
- COBRA Coverage Versus Special Enrollment in Access Health CT Plan - 2017-R-0167
- Illegal Act and Drug and Alcohol Exclusions in Health Insurance Policies - 2016-R-0138
- Health Insurance Transparency Questions - 2016-R-0116
- Health Insurance Benefit Mandates - 2015-R-0188
- Small Employer Grouping for Health Insurance Coverage - 2011-R-0363
- Nursing Home Transparency - 2020-R-0356
- Nursing Home Staffing Requirements - 2020-R-0328
- Assisted Living Facility Regulation - 2020-R-0165
- Assisted Living Facility Staffing Requirements - 2020-R-0067
- Connecticut Hospital Regulation - 2017-R-0277
- Community Health Workers - 2017-R-0175
- Botox Parties - 2016-R-0204
- Health Care Employee Vaccinations - 2015-R-0224
- Duty of Mental Health Professionals To Warn Of Potentially Violent Conduct by Patients - 2013-R-0089
- Pharmacist's Administration of Vaccines - 2019-R-0232
- Nonmedical Exemptions from Childhood Immunization Requirements - 2019-R-0235
- Aid in Dying Legislation in Connecticut - 2022-R-0185
- Right to Die Laws - 2012-R-0477
- Living Wills and Health Care Representatives - 2008-R-0237
- Monitoring Medicaid Provider Rates - 2023-R-0306
- Medicaid State Plan Amendments and Waivers - 2023-R-0257
- Medicaid Unwinding - 2023-R-0162
- The Income Spenddown Process in Connecticut's Medicaid Program - 2022-R-0136
- Medicaid Eligibility - 2022-R-0066
- Issue Brief: Medicaid 101 - 2019-R-0301
- Medicaid Glossary - 2017-R-0053
- Medicaid Cost Sharing - 2016-R-0240
- Access to Medicaid Services - 2015-R-0291
- Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act - 2015-R-0216
- Chronic Care in Medicaid and Public Health - 2014-R-0031
- Medicaid Coverage of Assisted Living Services - 2009-R-0300
- Patient Medical Records Access - 2020-R-0069
- Personal Health Information Disclosure - 2016-R-0050
- Disclosure of Deceased Person's Medical Records - 2013-R-0124
- OLR Backgrounder: Patient Access to Medical Records- 2012-R-0510
- Patient Information Security - 2009-R-0019
- Connecticut's Opioid Drug Abuse Laws - 2024-R-0085
- Methadone Clinic Regulation - 2022-R-0232
- Mental Health First Aid Law - 2020-R-0242
- 2014-2019 Behavioral Health Legislation - 2019-R-0247
- Issue Brief: Prescription Opioid Drug Abuse Laws - 2018-R-0342
- Telehealth and Prescribing Controlled Substances - 2018-R-0128
- Connecticut's Limit on Opioid Drug Prescriptions - 2017-R-0189
- 2013 and 2014 Legislation Affecting Access to Mental Health Services - 2014-R-0150
- CGS Sec. 38a-518f - Insurance Coverage for Certain Prescription Drugs Removed from a Formulary - 2017-R-0202
- Questions on Pharmacy Benefit Managers and Formularies - 2017-R-0009
- Non-Medical Switching of Medications - 2017-R-0008
- Health Insurance Coverage for Cancer Pills - 2009-R-0311
- Breast Cancer Screening - 2021-R-0176
- Health Insurance Breast Ultrasound Law in Connecticut - 2018-R-0250
- Connecticut's Breast Screening Insurance Coverage Requirement - 2016-R-0201
- State Statutes on Breast Cancer Screening and Coverage - 2015-R-0210
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - 2015-R-0127
- Husky B and Husky Plus - 2016-R-0089
- Medicare Part D - Explanation of State and Federal Assistance For Program Beneficiaries - 2011-R-0299
- Recent Changes to Connecticut's Telehealth Law - 2023-R-0173
- Connecticut's Family and Medical Leave Act - 2022-R-0208
- Issue Brief: COVID-19 and Connecticut Long-Term Care Facilities - 2020-R-0320
- Nursing Home Visitor Restrictions During the COVID-19 Pandemic - 2020-R-0140
- COVID-19 Executive Orders Concerning Telehealth - 2020-R-0138
- COVID-19 Executive Orders Affecting Health and Human Services - 2020-R-0110
- Connecticut's Public Health Quarantine Laws - 2020-R-0068
- Defibrillators - 2018-R-0332
- Short-Term Care Insurance - 2015-R-0185
- Affordable Care Act - Questions and Answers - 2013-R-0300
- Prison Health Care - 2005-R-0214
| Library Materials |
- Medical Care - Law and Legislation
- Medical Records - Law and Legislation
- Hospitals - Law and Legislation
- 2023 Acts Affecting Health Professions
- 2022 Acts Affecting Health Professions
- Public Act 22-19. An Act Concerning the Provision of Protections for Persons Receiving and Providing Reproductive Health Care Services in the State and Access to Reproductive Health Care Services in the State.
- 2021 Acts Affecting Health Professions
- 2019 Acts Affecting Health Professions
Connecticut General Statutes
Selected statutes:
Chapter 319i. Part III - Patients Rights (Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities; Also known as the Patients' Bill of Rights)
- Sec. 19a-550. Patients' bill of rights. (Nursing Homes)
- Sec. 20-7c . Access to medical records. Notification to patient of certain test results. Authority of provider to withhold information.
(Contains access requirements for health care providers, including maximum cost per page that the provider can charge) - Sec. 20-7d . Release of patient's medical records to another provider.
- Sec. 20-7e . Medical records maintained by agencies.
- Sec. 20-7f . Unfair billing practices.
(Note that the statutory sections that list the mandatory coverage requirements (e.g. prostate cancer screenings , mammograms, infertility treatments, etc.) for individual health insurance policies can be found in Chapter 700c of the statutes.)
- Sec. 38a-976 . Definitions.
- Sec. 38a-988 . Disclosure limitations and conditions.
- Sec. 38a-988a . Sale of individually identifiable medical record information prohibited. Written consent re disclosure for marketing purposes. Exceptions. Cause of action for violations.
- Sec. 46b-56 . Orders re custody, care, education, visitation and support of children. Best interests of the child. Access to records of minor child by noncustodial parent. Orders re therapy, counseling and drug or alcohol screening.
("A parent not granted custody of a minor child shall not be denied the right of access to the academic, medical, hospital or other health records of such minor child, unless otherwise ordered by the court for good cause shown." Sec. 46b-56(g)) - Sec. 46b-84 . Parents' obligation for maintenance of minor child. Order for health insurance coverage. (2024 Supplement)
- Sec. 46b-88 . National Medical Support Notice. Duties of issuing agency, employer and administrator of group health plan.
- Title 38a - Insurance Regulations
- Health Care Bulletins (HC)
- Title 19, 19a - Public Health Code, Regulations
- Physician Profile Website
- Health Care Complaints
- Local Health Departments
- Office of Health Strategy
- Connecticut Office of the Healthcare Advocate
- Connecticut Insurance Department
- Connecticut Attorney General's Office
- Connecticut Partnership for Long Term Care
- Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services
- Connecticut Department of Public Health
- Connecticut Department of Social Services
- HUSKY Website
- Statewide Legal Services of Connecticut, Inc.
- United Way of Connecticut
