Conn. Gen. Stat. § 38a-395a – Prohibition on denying coverage of health care provider based solely on such health provider's decision not to maintain specialty certification or requiring evidence of maintenance of specialty certification as prerequisite for obtaining professional liability insurance or other indemnity against liability for professional malpractice.

(a) For purposes of this section:
1. (1) “Health care provider” has the same meaning as provided in section 38a-477aa;
2. (2) “Maintenance of certification” means any process requiring periodic recertification examinations or other professional development activities to maintain specialty certification;
3. (3) “Professional liability insurance” has the same meaning as provided in section 38a-393; and
4. (4) “Specialty certification” means any certification by a medical board that specializes in one area of medicine and has requirements in addition to licensing requirements in this state.
(b) No insurance company that delivers, issues for delivery, renews, amends or continues a professional liability insurance policy in this state on or after January 1, 2025, shall (1) deny coverage of a health care provider based solely on such health provider's decisions not to maintain a specialty certification, including, but not limited to, through participation in a maintenance of certification program, or (2) require evidence of maintenance of such specialty certification as a prerequisite for obtaining professional liability insurance or other indemnity against liability for professional malpractice in accordance with section 20-11b, provided such health care provider does not hold such health care provider out to be a specialist under such specialty certification.

(P.A. 24-19, S. 13.)

History: P.A. 24-19 effective January 1, 2025.