PRINTER'S NO. 60
No. 64 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY HOLL, JANUARY 23, 2001
REFERRED TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE, JANUARY 23, 2001
AN ACT
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 children's
12 health care.
13 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
14 hereby enacts as follows:
15 Section 1. Section 2311(g) of the act of May 17, 1921
16 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921,
17 is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
18 Section 2311. Children's Health Care.--* * *
19 (g) The Insurance Department shall:
20 * * *
21 (7) In consultation with the appropriate Commonwealth
22 agencies, develop a provider incentive program to ensure that
1 each eligible child covered under contracts executed under this
2 article have received immunizations in compliance with the
3 recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Nothing
4 in this paragraph shall be construed to require immunizations if
5 the parent or guardian of the child objects for medical or
6 religious beliefs.
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8 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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