PRINTER'S NO. 3920
No. 2667 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY J. TAYLOR, BEBKO-JONES, BELFANTI, CAPPELLI, CAWLEY, L. I. COHEN, CRUZ, DeLUCA, FLEAGLE, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, GEORGE, HARHAI, HENNESSEY, HORSEY, JAMES, KELLER, LAUGHLIN, MELIO, MICOZZIE, ROSS, SOLOBAY, STABACK, STEELMAN, THOMAS, TRELLO, WATSON, G. WRIGHT AND YOUNGBLOOD, MAY 30, 2002
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE, MAY 30, 2002
AN ACT 1 Amending Title 40 (Insurance) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated 2 Statutes, providing for occupational therapy services. 3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 4 hereby enacts as follows: 5 Section 1. The definitions of "health service doctor" and 6 "professional health services" in section 6302(a) of Title 40 of 7 the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended and the 8 subsection is amended by adding a definition to read: 9 § 6302. Definitions. 10 (a) General rule.--The following words and phrases when used 11 in this chapter shall have, unless the context clearly indicates 12 otherwise, the meanings given to them in this section: 13 * * * 14 "Health service doctor." A doctor of dental surgery, doctor 15 of medicine, doctor of optometry, doctor of osteopathy, doctor 16 of podiatry, doctor of chiropractic, licensed physical
1 therapist, licensed occupational therapist, certified registered 2 nurse anesthetist, certified registered nurse practitioner, 3 certified enterostomal therapy nurse, certified community health 4 nurse, certified psychiatric mental health nurse, certified 5 clinical nurse specialist, licensed psychologist, licensed 6 speech-language pathologist, licensed audiologist or licensed 7 teacher of persons who are hearing impaired. 8 * * * 9 "Occupational therapy services." The general and usual 10 services rendered and care administered by licensed occupational 11 therapists, as defined as "occupational therapy" in the act of 12 June 15, 1982 (P.L.502, No.140), known as the Occupational 13 Therapy Practice Act. 14 * * * 15 "Professional health services." Dental services, medical 16 services, optometric services, osteopathic services, podiatry 17 services, chiropractic services, physical therapy services, 18 occupational therapy services, psychological services, speech- 19 language pathology services, audiology services, services of 20 teachers of persons who are hearing impaired, certified 21 registered nurse services provided by a certified registered 22 nurse at any time except when the certified registered nurse is 23 acting as an employee of a health care facility or of an 24 anesthesiology group or any one or more of them, provided any of 25 the above-listed services are medically necessary. 26 * * * 27 Section 2. Section 6322(f) of Title 40 is amended to read: 28 § 6322. Scope of service. 29 * * * 30 (f) Legislative amendment of stated purposes of existing 20020H2667B3920 - 2 -
1 corporations.--The stated purposes of all existing general
2 medical service corporations are hereby amended so as to include
3 the furnishing of osteopathic, dental, optometric, podiatry,
4 chiropractic, physical therapy, occupational therapy,
5 psychological, speech-language pathology and audiology services
6 and the services of teachers of persons who are hearing impaired
7 through doctors of osteopathy, dentistry, optometry, podiatry
8 and chiropractic and through licensed physical therapists,
9 psychologists, speech-language pathologists, audiologists and
10 teachers of persons who are hearing impaired, respectively.
11 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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