PRINTER'S NO. 3810
No. 2619 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY KENNEY, FRANKEL, BARD, BARRAR, BEBKO-JONES,
BELARDI, BELFANTI, BISHOP, BUNT, CAPPELLI, L. I. COHEN,
CORRIGAN, COSTA, COY, CREIGHTON, CRUZ, CURRY, DALLY, DeLUCA,
DeWEESE, DiGIROLAMO, FAIRCHILD, FEESE, FREEMAN, GABIG,
GANNON, GEORGE, GRUCELA, HARHAI, HARHART, HENNESSEY, HESS,
HORSEY, HUTCHINSON, JAMES, JOSEPHS, KELLER, LAUGHLIN,
LEDERER, LESCOVITZ, LEVDANSKY, LYNCH, MAJOR, MANN, McCALL,
ROONEY, McGEEHAN, McGILL, McILHATTAN, MELIO, R. MILLER,
MUNDY, O'BRIEN, PALLONE, PICKETT, READSHAW, ROBINSON,
ROEBUCK, SAINATO, SANTONI, SHANER, SOLOBAY, STABACK, STERN,
T. STEVENSON, STURLA, TANGRETTI, J. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TIGUE,
TRAVAGLIO, WALKO, WASHINGTON, WATSON, WOJNAROSKI, G. WRIGHT,
YOUNGBLOOD AND YUDICHAK, MAY 1, 2002
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, MAY 1, 2002
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), entitled "An
2 act relating to insurance; amending, revising, and
3 consolidating the law providing for the incorporation of
4 insurance companies, and the regulation, supervision, and
5 protection of home and foreign insurance companies, Lloyds
6 associations, reciprocal and inter-insurance exchanges, and
7 fire insurance rating bureaus, and the regulation and
8 supervision of insurance carried by such companies,
9 associations, and exchanges, including insurance carried by
10 the State Workmen's Insurance Fund; providing penalties; and
11 repealing existing laws," removing the time limitation on
12 certain prosthetic devices utilized during mastectomy
13 operations.
14 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
15 hereby enacts as follows:
16 Section 1. Section 633(b) of the act of May 17, 1921
17 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921,
18 added November 4, 1997 (P.L.492, No.51), is amended to read:
1 Section 633. Mastectomy and Breast Cancer Reconstruction.--*
2 * *
3 (b) (1) Every health care policy which is delivered, issued
4 for delivery, renewed, extended or modified in this Commonwealth
5 by a health care insurer which provides coverage for the
6 surgical procedure known as mastectomy shall also include
7 coverage for prosthetic devices and reconstructive surgery
8 incident to any mastectomy.
9 (2) Coverage for prosthetic devices and reconstructive
10 surgery shall be subject to the deductible and coinsurance
11 conditions applied to the mastectomy and all other terms and
12 conditions applicable to other benefits.
13 [(3) The coverage for prosthetic devices inserted during
14 reconstructive surgery and reconstructive surgery pursuant to
15 this section may be limited to such surgical procedures
16 performed within six years of the date of the mastectomy.]
17 * * *
18 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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