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Summarizes Connecticut's pet shop laws.

Discusses state laws regulating per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water and products. Summarizes similar proposed legislation in Connecticut.

Discusses new laws (public acts and special acts) significantly affecting animals and agriculture enacted and adopted during the 2019 regular session.

Compares and summarizes Illinois Public Act (PA) 100-1052 (HB 4146 (2018)) and Connecticut's uncalled amendment LCO No. 4155 to SB 379 (2018), which did not become law.

Summarizes current law regarding coverage for preexisting conditions under a health insurance policy.

Summarizes Connecticut's mandated health insurance benefits. Updates OLR research report 2017-R-0274.

Discusses Connecticut's statutory rate review requirements for individual and group health insurance policies. Updates OLR research report 2010-R-0507.

Discusses "no pay, no play" auto insurance law, which states have enacted such a law and whether Connecticut considered adopting one.

Discusses federal and state status of net neutrality issues

Discusses new laws (public acts) and a resolution affecting real estate enacted and adopted during the 2018 regular session.

Discusses new laws (public acts) and a resolution affecting animals and agriculture enacted and adopted during the 2018 regular session.

Discusses Connecticut's laws restricting a health insurance company's use of certain utilization management tools, specifically, prior authorization and step therapy.

Discusses whether Connecticut or other states regulate pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs).

Discusses Connecticut towns that have adopted ordinances banning frackng waste.

Summarizes Connecticut's continuity of care requirements for insurance coverage and discusses when they were enacted.

Summarizes the bills considered by the Insurance and Real Estate Committee in 2009 and 2011 concerning prosthetic parity and the history of each.

Discusses whether state law or regulation requires businesses or residents to reduce water use during a drought.

Discusses penalties for driving an uninsured vehicle in Connecticut. Updates and replaces OLR research report 2016-R-0037.

Discusses whether the legislature could pass a law prohibiting the transport of fracking waste through Connecticut.

Discusses Connecticut's mandated health insurance benefits. Updates OLR research report 2016-R-0254.

Discusses proposed Massachusetts bill about misrepresenting a service animal. Discusses whether Connecticut or any other state has passed similar legislation.

Discusses the Connecticut Unfair Insurance Practices Act, including violations, enforcement, methods, and penalties.

Discusses legislative history of CGS 38a-518f and addresses whether state law requires health insurers and HMOs to notify enrollees of prescription drug coverage changes.

Discusses whether the state licenses or regulates traveling zoos.

Discusses whether state law mandates how auto insurers must calculate the claim settlement amount for a totaled motor vehicle. Replaces OLR research report 2004-R-0674.

Discusses Connecticut's PA 490 Program, enacted in 1963.

Discusses new laws (public acts) affecting real estate enacted during the enacted during the 2017 regular session.

Discusses new laws (public acts) affecting animals and agriculture enacted during the 2017 regular session.

Discusses pharmacy benefit managers and formularies.

Discusses whether a municipality can take enforcement action against a pet shop selling sick puppies.

Discusses Connecticut's mandated health insurance benefits. Updates OLR research report 2015-R-0272 (same author and title, issued December 22, 2015).

Discusses whether Connecticut follows a no-fault automobile insurance system.

Discusses the eligibility criteria under the Open Space and Watershed Land Acquisition Grant Program, the process for obtaining funding, and the maximum grant amounts available by law.

Discusses Connecticut's breast screening insurance coverage law and any changes to it.

Discusses whether a person may take wild turtles in Connecticut under state law.

Discusses bills considered during the General Assembly's 2016 regular session and May special session (MSS) whose provisions were enacted under another bill number.

Discusses state laws and policy regarding community supported agriculture.

Summarizes laws passed during the 2016 regular and May special sessions affecting real estate.

Discusses new laws (public acts) affecting agriculture and animals enacted during the 2016 regular legislative session.

Discusses the education requirements for an animal control officer (ACO) in Connecticut.

Discusses penalties for driving a vehicle in Connecticut without auto insurance.

Discusses Connecticut's 490 program and Vermont's use value appraisal program, which give preferential tax treatment to certain agricultural, forest, and open space land.

Discusses Connecticut's mandated health insurance benefits. Updates OLR research report 2014-R-0143 by incorporating laws enacted in 2015.

Discusses the number of dog-related claims made under property and casualty (e.g., homeowners and renters) insurance policies over a five-year period (2010 through 2014) and the types of dog breeds involved in claims.

Discusses regulatory review process for insurer acquisitions, such as the July announcement of Anthem, Inc.'s proposed acquisition of CIGNA Corporation.

Discusses whether any states have laws that prohibit a person from leaving an animal in an unattended motor vehicle.

Discusses new laws (public acts) affecting real estate enacted during the 2015 legislative session.

Discusses highlights of new laws (public acts) affecting animals and agriculture enacted during the 2015 legislative session.

Discusses Connecticut's fracking waste moratorium and related requirements of Public Act (PA) 14-200.