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| PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 945 | PRINTER'S NO. 1152 |
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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY LONGIETTI, EACHUS, CALTAGIRONE, CARROLL, COHEN, DeLUCA, DONATUCCI, FRANKEL, GALLOWAY, GEORGE, GIBBONS, HENNESSEY, JOSEPHS, KORTZ, KOTIK, MANDERINO, MUNDY, MURT, M. O'BRIEN, READSHAW, SIPTROTH, K. SMITH, WALKO, WHEATLEY AND YOUNGBLOOD, MARCH 10, 2009 |
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| AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, MARCH 18, 2009 |
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| AN ACT |
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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," further providing for conditions |
12 | subject to which policies are to be issued; and providing for |
13 | health insurance coverage for certain children of insured |
14 | parents. |
15 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
16 | hereby enacts as follows: |
17 | Section 1. Section 617(A)(3) and (9) of the act of May 17, |
18 | 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of |
19 | 1921, repealed and added May 25, 1951 (P.L.417, No.99) and added |
20 | January 18, 1968 (1967 P.L.969, No.433), are amended to read: |
21 | Section 617. Conditions Subject to Which Policies Are to Be |
22 | Issued.--(A) No such policy shall be delivered or issued for |
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1 | delivery to any person in this Commonwealth unless: |
2 | * * * |
3 | (3) it purports to insure only one person, except that a |
4 | policy may insure, originally or by subsequent amendment, upon |
5 | the application of an adult head of a family who shall be deemed |
6 | the policyholder, any two or more eligible members of that |
7 | family, including husband, wife, dependent children or any |
8 | children under a specified age which, except as provided under |
9 | section 617.1, shall not exceed nineteen years and any other |
10 | person dependent upon the policyholder; and |
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12 | (9) A policy delivered or issued for delivery after January |
13 | 1, 1968, under which coverage of a dependent of a policyholder |
14 | terminates at a specified age shall, with respect to an |
15 | unmarried child covered by the policy prior to the attainment of |
16 | the age of nineteen or except as provided under section 617.1, |
17 | the age of twenty-nine, who is incapable of self-sustaining |
18 | employment by reason of mental retardation or physical handicap |
19 | and who became so incapable prior to attainment of age nineteen |
20 | and who is chiefly dependent upon such policyholder for support |
21 | and maintenance, not so terminate while the policy remains in |
22 | force and the dependent remains in such condition, if the |
23 | policyholder has within thirty-one days of such dependent's |
24 | attainment of the limiting age submitted proof of such |
25 | dependent's incapacity as described herein. The foregoing |
26 | provisions of this paragraph shall not require an insurer to |
27 | insure a dependent who is a mentally retarded or physically |
28 | handicapped child where the policy is underwritten on evidence |
29 | of insurability based on health factors set forth in the |
30 | application or where such dependent does not satisfy the |
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1 | conditions of the policy as to any requirement for evidence of |
2 | insurability or other provisions of the policy, satisfaction of |
3 | which is required for coverage thereunder to take effect. In any |
4 | such case the terms of the policy shall apply with regard to the |
5 | coverage or exclusion from coverage of such dependent. |
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7 | Section 2. The act is amended by adding a section to read: |
8 | Section 617.1. Health Insurance Coverage for Certain |
9 | Children of Insured Parents.--(A) An insurer that issues, |
10 | delivers, executes or renews health care insurance in this |
11 | Commonwealth, under which coverage of a child would otherwise |
12 | terminate at a specified age, shall, at the option of the |
13 | child's parent or guardianpolicyholder's insured employe, | <-- |
14 | provide coverage to a child of the insuredan insured employe | <-- |
15 | beyond that specified age, up through and including the age of | <-- |
16 | twenty-nine, provided that the child meet all of the following |
17 | requirements: |
18 | (1) Is not married. |
19 | (2) Has no dependents. |
20 | (3) Is a resident of this Commonwealth or is enrolled as a |
21 | full-time student at an institution of higher education in this | <-- |
22 | Commonwealth. |
23 | (4) Is not covered by another policy of health insurance | <-- |
24 | policyincluding benefits under Title XVIII of the Social | <-- |
25 | Security Act (49 Stat. 620, 42 U.S.C. § 1395 et seq.). |
26 | (B) An insured may exercise the option provided under |
27 | subsection (A) at any time during the term of the policy by |
28 | notice to the insurer. |
29 | (C) This section shall not include the following types of | <-- |
30 | insurance or any combination thereof: |
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1 | (1) Hospital indemnity. |
2 | (2) Accident. |
3 | (3) Specified disease. |
4 | (4) Disability income. |
5 | (5) Dental. |
6 | (6) Vision. |
7 | (7) Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed |
8 | Services (CHAMPUS) supplement. |
9 | (8) Medicare supplement. |
10 | (9) Long-term care. |
11 | (10) Other limited benefit plans. |
12 | (11) Individual health insurance policies. |
13 | (D) For the purpose of this section: |
14 | "Health care insurance" means a group health, sickness or |
15 | accident policy or subscriber contract or certificate issued by |
16 | an entity subject to any one of the following: |
17 | (1) This act. |
18 | (2) The act of December 29, 1972 (P.L.1701, No.364), known |
19 | as the "Health Maintenance Organization Act." |
20 | (3) The act of May 18, 1976 (P.L.123, No.54), known as the |
21 | "Individual Accident and Sickness Insurance Minimum Standards |
22 | Act." |
23 | (4) 40 Pa.C.S. Ch. 61 (relating to hospital plan |
24 | corporations) or 63 (relating to professional health services |
25 | plan corporations). |
26 | (c)(E) Employers shall not be required to contribute to any | <-- |
27 | increased premium charged by the insurer for the exercise of the |
28 | option provided under subsection (A), but the contributions may |
29 | be agreed to by the employer. |
30 | Section 3. The amendment or addition of sections 617(A)(3) | <-- |
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1 | and (9) and 617.1 of the act shall apply to policies offered, |
2 | issued or renewed on or after the effective date of this |
3 | section. |
4 | Section 34. This act shall take effect in 60 days. | <-- |
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