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      Sec. 38a-504a. Coverage for certain cancer clinical trials. Each individual health insurance policy providing coverage of the type specified in subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (11) and (12) of section 38a-469 delivered, issued for delivery or renewed in this state on or after January 1, 2002, shall provide coverage for the routine patient care costs, as defined in section 38a-504d, associated with cancer clinical trials, in accordance with sections 38a-504b to 38a-504g, inclusive. As used in this section and sections 38a-504b to 38a-504g, inclusive, "cancer clinical trial" means an organized, systematic, scientific study of therapies, tests or other clinical interventions for purposes of treatment or palliation or therapeutic intervention for the prevention of cancer in human beings, except that a clinical trial for the prevention of cancer is eligible for coverage only if it involves a therapeutic intervention and is a phase III clinical trial approved by one of the entities identified in section 38a-504b and is conducted at multiple institutions.

      (P.A. 01-171, S. 8, 25.)

      History: P.A. 01-171 effective January 1, 2002.

      See Sec. 38a-542a for similar provisions re group policies.

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      Sec. 38a-504a. Coverage for certain cancer clinical trials. Each individual health insurance policy providing coverage of the type specified in subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (11) and (12) of section 38a-469 delivered, issued for delivery or renewed in this state on or after January 1, 2002, shall provide coverage for the routine patient care costs, as defined in section 38a-504d, associated with cancer clinical trials, in accordance with sections 38a-504b to 38a-504g, inclusive. As used in this section and sections 38a-504b to 38a-504g, inclusive, "cancer clinical trial" means an organized, systematic, scientific study of therapies, tests or other clinical interventions for purposes of treatment or palliation or therapeutic intervention for the prevention of cancer in human beings, except that a clinical trial for the prevention of cancer is eligible for coverage only if it involves a therapeutic intervention and is a phase III clinical trial approved by one of the entities identified in section 38a-504b and is conducted at multiple institutions.

      (P.A. 01-171, S. 8, 25.)

      History: P.A. 01-171 effective January 1, 2002.

      See Sec. 38a-542a for similar provisions re group policies.

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      Sec. 38a-504a. Coverage for certain cancer clinical trials. Each individual health insurance policy providing coverage of the type specified in subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (11) and (12) of section 38a-469 delivered, issued for delivery or renewed in this state on or after January 1, 2002, shall provide coverage for the routine patient care costs, as defined in section 38a-504d, associated with cancer clinical trials, in accordance with sections 38a-504b to 38a-504g, inclusive. As used in this section and sections 38a-504b to 38a-504g, inclusive, "cancer clinical trial" means an organized, systematic, scientific study of therapies, tests or other clinical interventions for purposes of treatment or palliation or therapeutic intervention for the prevention of cancer in human beings, except that a clinical trial for the prevention of cancer is eligible for coverage only if it involves a therapeutic intervention and is a phase III clinical trial approved by one of the entities identified in section 38a-504b and is conducted at multiple institutions.

      (P.A. 01-171, S. 8, 25.)

      History: P.A. 01-171 effective January 1, 2002.

      See Sec. 38a-542a for similar provisions re group policies.