PRINTER'S NO. 333
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
344
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY DeLUCA, READSHAW, ROZZI, MURT, D. COSTA,
CALTAGIRONE AND THOMAS, FEBRUARY 3, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE, FEBRUARY 3, 2017
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," in casualty insurance, providing
for cranial hair vacuum prosthesis coverage standards for
health insurance policies.
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 635.8. Cranial Hair Vacuum Prosthesis Insurance
Coverage.--(a) A health insurance policy shall provide that the
health insurance benefits applicable under the policy include
coverage for the cost of a medically necessary cranial hair
vacuum prosthesis when prescribed by a physician for an
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