PRINTER'S NO. 12
No. 12 Session of 1979
INTRODUCED BY A. K. HUTCHINSON, SCHMITT AND PETRARCA,
JANUARY 23, 1979
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE, JANUARY 23, 1979
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of May 18, 1976 (P.L.123, No.54), entitled "An
2 act to provide reasonable standardization and simplification
3 of terms and coverages of individual accident and health
4 insurance policies and subscriber contracts of health plan
5 corporations, nonprofit health service plans and certificates
6 issued by fraternal benefit societies to facilitate public
7 understanding and comparison, to eliminate provisions
8 contained in individual accident and health insurance
9 policies and subscriber contracts of health plan corporations
10 and nonprofit health service plans and certificates issued by
11 fraternal benefit societies which may be misleading or
12 unreasonably confusing in connection either with the purchase
13 of such coverages or with the settlement of claims, and to
14 provide for full disclosure in the sale of accident and
15 health coverages," authorizing additional forms of insurance
16 for certain illnesses.
17 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
18 hereby enacts as follows:
19 Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 4, act of May 18, 1976
20 (P.L.123, No.54), known as the "Individual Accident and Sickness
21 Insurance Minimum Standards Act," is amended to read:
22 Section 4. Minimum Standards for Benefits.--* * *
23 (b) Nothing in this section shall preclude the issuance of
24 any policy or contract (1) which combines two or more of the
25 categories of coverage enumerated in paragraphs (1) through (7)
1 of subsection (a) or (2) which provides coverage for each person
2 insured under the policy or contract for a specifically named
3 disease (or diseases) with no deductible amount, and an overall
4 aggregate benefit limit of not less than $50,000 payable at the
5 rate of not less than $100 a day while confined in a hospital
6 and a benefit period of not less than 500 days.
7 * * *
8 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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