{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-38a-542a","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 38a-542a","heading":"Coverage for routine patient care costs associated with certain clinical trials.","body":"Each group 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, renewed, amended or continued in this state shall provide coverage for the routine patient care costs, as defined in section 38a-542d, associated with clinical trials, in accordance with sections 38a-542b to 38a-542g, inclusive. As used in this section and sections 38a-542b to 38a-542g, inclusive, “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 or disabling or life-threatening chronic diseases in human beings.","path":["TITLE 38a. INSURANCE","CHAPTER 700c. HEALTH INSURANCE","PART III. GROUP HEALTH INSURANCE"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_700c.htm#sec_38a-542a","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:12Z","sha256":"efadbcf4e59312af7852af5ec548e69ac6c45257709cec1099d09cd3d7e57017","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-38a-542","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-38a-542b"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}