PRINTER'S NO. 2739
No. 2184 Session of 1991
INTRODUCED BY VEON, COHEN, KASUNIC, GEORGE, McNALLY, F. TAYLOR,
FEE, BILLOW, PESCI, CAPPABIANCA, STUBAN, HALUSKA, GIGLIOTTI,
STURLA, GERLACH, KOSINSKI, MELIO, CAWLEY, FREEMAN, BELFANTI,
JOSEPHS, SALOOM, TRELLO, LUCYK, TANGRETTI, JAMES, WOZNIAK AND
BELARDI, NOVEMBER 18, 1991
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR RELATIONS, NOVEMBER 18, 1991
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," providing for certain additional
12 coverage in workmen's compensation insurance and for the
13 computation of workmen's compensation premium rates.
14 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
15 hereby enacts as follows:
16 Section 1. The act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known
17 as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, is amended by adding
18 sections to read:
19 Section 654.1. Certain provision required.--(a) All
20 insurers of liability under the act of June 2, 1915 (P.L.736,
21 No.338), known as "The Pennsylvania Workmen's Compensation Act,"
22 shall be required to provide the coverage of surgical and
1 medical services, payment of medicine and supplies, hospital
2 treatment services and supplies, and orthopedic appliances and
3 prosthetics, mandated by said act, through a hospital plan
4 corporation certified pursuant to 40 Pa.C.S. § 6102 (relating to
5 certification of hospital plan corporations) and a professional
6 health service plan corporation certified pursuant to 40 Pa.C.S
7 § 6304 (relating to certification of professional health service
8 corporations).
9 (b) A person or institution providing treatment,
10 accommodations, products or services to an injured person for an
11 injury covered by "The Pennsylvania Workmen's Compensation Act,"
12 shall not require, request or accept payment for the treatment,
13 accommodations, products or services in excess of the fee
14 schedules established by hospital plan corporations or
15 professional health service plan corporations.
16 Section 656. Premium Rates.--(a) Notwithstanding any
17 provision of this act, the premium rates for workmen's
18 compensation insurance for the construction industry shall be
19 computed on the number of worker hours for each manual rate
20 classification, instead of a percentage of the employer's
21 payroll, and the premium actually charged shall be a fixed sum
22 per hour worked.
23 (b) As used in this section, "construction industry" shall
24 include any activity in connection with the erection,
25 alteration, repair, replacement, renovation, installation or
26 demolition of any building, highway, bridge or structure.
27 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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