PRINTER'S NO. 3389
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2751
Session of
2022
INTRODUCED BY INNAMORATO, HOHENSTEIN, RABB, MADDEN, McNEILL,
ZABEL, SANCHEZ, DELLOSO, FREEMAN, FRANKEL, HANBIDGE, O'MARA,
CIRESI, KRAJEWSKI AND DALEY, JULY 13, 2022
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE, JULY 13, 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 general provisions relating to
insurance companies, associations and exchanges, providing
for use of genetic information for insurance purposes.
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 359. Use of Genetic Information for Insurance
Purposes. -- (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
health insurers, life insurers and long-term care insurers may
not:
(1) cancel, limit or deny coverage or establish
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