Connecticut SB 87: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A NONPROFIT PROVIDER ADVISORY BOARD AND PROHIBITING AUTO INSURANCE PENALTIES ON VOLUNTEER DRIVERS PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

Bill Text

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General Assembly Governor's Bill No. 87
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 624

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES

Introduced by:
Request of the Governor Pursuant
to Joint Rule 9

AN ACT STRENGTHENING NONPROFITS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) There is established within 1
the Office of Policy and Management a Nonprofit Provider Advisory 2
Board for the purpose of advising the Governor and the Office of Policy 3
and Management on the matters set forth in subsection (c) of this 4
section. 5
(b) (1) The Nonprofit Provider Advisory Board shall consist of the 6
following members: 7
(A) Ten members appointed by the Governor; 8
(B) The chief executive officer of a state-wide association of 9
community nonprofits, or the chief executive officer's designee; 10
(C) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or the 11
secretary's designee; 12

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(D) The executive finance officer of the Office of Policy and 13
Management, or the executive finance officer's designee; 14
(E) The Commissioner of Children and Families, or the 15
commissioner's designee; 16
(F) The Commissioner of Correction, or the commissioner's designee; 17
(G) The Commissioner of Developmental Services, or the 18
commissioner's designee; 19
(H) The Commissioner of Housing, or the commissioner's designee; 20
(I) The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services, or 21
the commissioner's designee; 22
(J) The Commissioner of Public Health, or the commissioner's 23
designee; 24
(K) The Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services, or the 25
commissioner's designee; 26
(L) The Commissioner of Social Services, or the commissioner's 27
designee; 28
(M) The Commissioner of Early Childhood, or the commissioner's 29
designee; and 30
(N) The executive director of the Court Support Services Division of 31
the Judicial Branch, or the executive director's designee. 32
(2) The term of each appointed member of the board shall be 33
coterminous with that of the Governor. 34
(c) The Nonprofit Provider Advisory Board shall: 35
(1) Advise on areas to improve access and the delivery of services by 36
nonprofit providers; 37

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(2) Identify opportunities for collaboration across state agencies that 38
promote effectiveness and efficiency of nonprofit providers and 39
streamline state processes; 40
(3) Recommend short and long-term strategies for enhancing the 41
financial viability of nonprofit organizations, including through 42
payment reform models, based on identified best practices; 43
(4) Recommend a standardized workforce data collection system for 44
nonprofit organizations to measure and compare impact across private 45
provider services; and 46
(5) Identify short and long-range opportunities, issues and gaps 47
pertaining to nonprofit providers that may result from changes in 48
federal funding or federal policies. 49
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2027) No insurer shall refuse to 50
renew any automobile liability insurance policy, as defined in 51
section 38a-341 of the general statutes, or assign any surcharge on any 52
automobile liability insurance premium or otherwise increase the rate 53
for a motor vehicle policy solely on the basis that the named insured or 54
any operator who customarily operates an automobile insured under 55
the policy is a volunteer driver who provides services, including, but 56
not limited to, transporting individuals or goods without compensation 57
above expenses to (1) a corporation, as defined in section 33-1002 of the 58
general statutes, that is nonprofit, or (2) a charitable organization, as 59
defined in section 21a-190 of the general statutes. 60
Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2027) No insurer, health care center, 61
fraternal benefit society, hospital service corporation or medical service 62
corporation or other entity delivering, issuing for delivery, renewing, 63
amending or continuing an individual or group health insurance policy 64
in this state on or after January 1, 2027, providing coverage of the type 65
specified in subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (11) and (12) of section 38a-469 of 66
the general statutes, shall retroactively deny or recoup payment of any 67
health insurance claim paid to any health care provider for an 68

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authorized covered service after twelve months from the date of the 69
receipt of a clean claim for such service. For the purposes of this section, 70
"health care provider" has the same meaning as provided in section 38a-71
477aa of the general statutes. 72
Sec. 4. Subsection (c) of section 38a-479b of the general statutes is 73
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 74
1, 2027): 75
(c) (1) No contracting health organization shall cancel, deny or 76
demand the return of full or part