Additional Debilitating Medical Conditions

In accordance with the procedures set forth in section 21a-408a-12 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, the following medical conditions, medical treatments or diseases shall be added to the list of debilitating medical conditions: (a) For patients eighteen years of age or older: (1) Sickle cell disease; (2) Post laminectomy syndrome with chronic radiculopathy; (3) Severe psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis; (4) Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; (5) Ulcerative colitis; (6) Complex regional pain syndrome, Type 1 and Type II; (7) Spasticity or Neuropathic Pain Associated with Fibromyalgia; (8) Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis; (9) Post Herpetic Neuralgia; (10) Muscular Dystrophy; (11) Hydrocephalus with Intractable Headache; (12) Intractable Headache Syndromes; (13) Neuropathic Facial Pain; (14) Osteogenesis Imperfecta; (15) Chronic Neuropathic Pain Associated with Degenerative Spinal Disorders; (16) Interstitial Cystitis; (17) Intractable Neuropathic Pain that is unresponsive to standard medical treatments; (18) Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome; (19) Tourette Syndrome; (20) Vulvodynia and vulvar burning; (21) Chronic Pain of at least 6 months’ duration associated with a specified underlying chronic condition refractory to other treatment intervention; (22) Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome associated with Chronic Pain; and (23) Chronic Pancreatitis. (b) For patients under eighteen years of age: (1) Muscular Dystrophy; (2) Osteogenesis Imperfecta; (3) Intractable Neuropathic Pain that is unresponsive to standard medical treatments; (4) Tourette Syndrome for patients who have failed standard medical treatment; and (5) Chronic Pancreatitis for patients whose pain is recalcitrant to standard medical management.