SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 414, 1089, 2194
PRINTER'S NO. 2901
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
427
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY BENNINGHOFF, BARRAR, BERNSTINE, CALTAGIRONE,
CAUSER, CIRESI, T. DAVIS, DONATUCCI, FREEMAN, HERSHEY,
LONGIETTI, McCLINTON, McNEILL, MILLARD, MURT, OBERLANDER,
PICKETT, READSHAW, ROTHMAN, RYAN, SAYLOR, WARREN, WHEELAND,
ZIMMERMAN, DeLUCA, GLEIM, KORTZ, KINSEY, KENYATTA AND
HOHENSTEIN, FEBRUARY 11, 2019
SENATOR SCAVELLO, BANKING AND INSURANCE, IN SENATE, AS AMENDED,
NOVEMBER 19, 2019
AN ACT
Providing for health insurance coverage requirements for stage
four, advanced metastatic cancer.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Fair Access
to Cancer Treatment Act.
Section 2. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Enrollee." Any policyholder, subscriber, covered person or
other individual who is entitled to receive health care services
under a health insurance policy.
"Health insurance carrier." An entity that offers or issues
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