PRINTER'S NO. 3098
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2585
Session of
2022
INTRODUCED BY PICKETT, DeLUCA, BOBACK, COOK, SCHLEGEL CULVER,
EMRICK, HENNESSEY, R. MACKENZIE, McNEILL, MENTZER, NEILSON,
ROWE, SAYLOR, SCHLOSSBERG AND STURLA, MAY 6, 2022
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE, MAY 6, 2022
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 comprehensive health care for
uninsured children, further providing for contracts and
coverage packages.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2304-A(b)(2) and (c) of the act of May
17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law
of 1921, are amended to read:
Section 2304-A. Contracts and coverage packages.
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(b) Solicitation of contracts.--The department must solicit
bids and award contracts through a competitive procurement
process in accordance with the following:
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(2) To the fullest extent practicable, the department
must require that a contractor comply with all procedures
relating to coordination of health care services as required
by the department or the Insurance Department. The following
apply:
(i) The department may not develop or utilize
bidding or service zones that limit a health service
corporation or hospital plan corporation contractor from
submitting a bid.
(ii) If a health service corporation or hospital
plan corporation is only able to service certain counties
in this Commonwealth, the department shall solicit and
accept bids from any health service corporation or
hospital plan corporation for those counties in which it
provides services.
(iii) The department may not exclude or limit a
health service corporation or hospital plan corporation
from submitting a bid to service a county in this
Commonwealth.
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(c) Bidding.--Upon receipt of a solicitation from the
department, each health service corporation and hospital plan
corporation [or their] shall directly, or at the corporation's
discretion through their affiliated entities doing business in
this Commonwealth [shall], submit a bid or proposal to the
department to carry out the purposes of this article in the area
serviced by the corporation. If a health service corporation or
hospital plan corporation directly submits a bid or proposal,
the bid or proposal shall be for those counties in which it is
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permitted to offer its products.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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