Each such corporation shall annually, on or before March first, file in the office of the Insurance Commissioner a statement, verified by at least two of its principal officers, showing its condition on the thirty-first day of December then next preceding, which shall be in such form and contain such information as said commissioner prescribes. Examination of the financial condition of each such corporation by the Insurance Commissioner or his representatives shall be made at least once in every five years. Said commissioner, or any deputy or examiner or any other person whom he appoints, shall have the power of visitation and examination into the affairs of any such corporation and free access to all of the books, papers and documents that relate to the business of the corporation, and may summon and qualify as witnesses under oath, for the purpose of examination, its officers, agents or employees or other persons in relation to the affairs, transactions and conditions of the corporation. All costs of acquisition and of management activities shall be under the supervision of the Insurance Commissioner.
(1949 Rev., S. 5273; 1953, S. 2596d; P.A. 77-614, S. 163, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 216, 348; P.A. 81-101, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 77-614 made insurance department a division within the department of business regulation with commissioner as its head, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 restored division as independent department with commissioner as its head and deleted reference to abolished department of business regulation; P.A. 81-101 required that insurance commissioner examine financial condition of each hospital service corporation every five years, rather than biennially; Sec. 33-160 transferred to Sec. 38a-202 in 1991.
Annotation to former section 33-160:
Section empowers Insurance Commissioner as supervisor of costs of management activities; his determination of administrative costs in a Blue Cross rate increase hearing sustained on appeal. 31 CS 257.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 698a - Health Care and Related Service Groups
Section 38a-175. (Formerly Sec. 33-179a). - Definitions.
Section 38a-177. (Formerly Sec. 33-179c). - Manner of providing health care.
Section 38a-178. (Formerly Sec. 33-179e). - Organization.
Section 38a-179. (Formerly Sec. 33-179g). - Management of domestic health care center. Directors.
Section 38a-184. (Formerly Sec. 33-179l). - Expenditure of funds.
Section 38a-187. (Formerly Sec. 33-179o). - Investments. Use of ancillary equipment and facilities.
Section 38a-189. (Formerly Sec. 33-179q). - Workers' Compensation Act not affected.
Section 38a-190. (Formerly Sec. 33-179r). - Inapplicability of other laws.
Section 38a-191. (Formerly Sec. 33-179s). - Authority of insurance companies not affected.
Section 38a-192. (Formerly Sec. 33-179u). - Regulations by Insurance Commissioner.
Section 38a-193. - Protection against insolvency.
Section 38a-194. - Enrollment period. Replacement coverage in the event of insolvency.
Section 38a-201. (Formerly Sec. 33-159). - Form of contract.
Section 38a-202. (Formerly Sec. 33-160). - Reports and examinations.
Section 38a-203. (Formerly Sec. 33-161). - Investments.
Section 38a-204. (Formerly Sec. 33-162). - Liquidation or rehabilitation. Mergers.
Section 38a-205. (Formerly Sec. 33-163). - Workers' compensation law not affected.
Section 38a-207. (Formerly Sec. 33-165). - Exemption from taxation.
Section 38a-209. (Formerly Sec. 33-167). - Appeal.
Section 38a-215. (Formerly Sec. 33-169). - Formation.
Section 38a-217. (Formerly Sec. 33-171). - Form of contract.
Section 38a-220. (Formerly Sec. 33-174). - Investments.
Section 38a-221. (Formerly Sec. 33-175). - Liquidation or rehabilitation. Mergers.
Section 38a-222. (Formerly Sec. 33-176). - Workers' compensation law not affected.
Section 38a-224. (Formerly Sec. 33-178). - Exemption from taxation.