THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY DeLUCA, BEYER, CALTAGIRONE, CREIGHTON, DONATUCCI, FRANKEL, JOSEPHS, KORTZ, KOTIK, MILLARD, M. O'BRIEN, READSHAW, SANTONI, K. SMITH, STURLA, VULAKOVICH, WALKO AND GEIST, FEBRUARY 19, 2009

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE, FEBRUARY 19, 2009  

AN ACT

Amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), entitled "An

act relating to insurance; amending, revising, and

consolidating the law providing for the incorporation of

insurance companies, and the regulation, supervision, and

protection of home and foreign insurance companies, Lloyds

associations, reciprocal and inter-insurance exchanges, and

fire insurance rating bureaus, and the regulation and

supervision of insurance carried by such companies,

associations, and exchanges, including insurance carried by

the State Workmen's Insurance Fund; providing penalties; and

repealing existing laws," requiring health insurance policies

to provide coverage for vaccinations for human papilloma

virus.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  The act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known

as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, is amended by adding a

section to read:

Section 635.4.  Coverage for Human Papilloma Virus

Vaccinations.--(a)  As used in this section "health insurance

policies" means all group or individual health or sickness or

accident insurance policies providing hospital or

medical/surgical coverage and all group or individual subscriber

contracts or certificates issued by any entity subject to one of

the following:

(1)  this act;

(2)  the act of December 29, 1972 (P.L.1701, No.364), known

as the "Health Maintenance Organization Act";

(3)  40 Pa.C.S. Ch. 61 (relating to hospital plan

corporations); or

(4)  40 Pa.C.S. Ch. 63 (relating to professional health

services plan corporations).

(b)  All health insurance policies offered, issued or renewed

after the effective date of this section shall provide coverage

for individuals at least eleven (11) years of age and less than

twenty-seven (27) years of age to receive the vaccination

against human papilloma virus.

(c)  This section does not include the following:

(1)  accident only;

(2)  limited benefit;

(3)  credit;

(4)  dental;

(5)  vision;

(6)  specified disease;

(7)  Medicare supplement;

(8)  Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed

Services (CHAMPUS) supplement;

(9)  long-term care or disability income;

(10)  workers' compensation;

(11)  automobile medical payment; or

(12)  any combination of hospital indemnity, accident only,

fixed indemnity, credit, dental, vision, specified disease,

Medicare supplement, Civilian Health and Medical Program of the

Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) supplement, long-term care or

disability income, workers' compensation or automobile medical

payment insurance, or other limited benefit plan.

Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.