PRINTER'S NO. 1729
No. 1184 Session of 2006
INTRODUCED BY PILEGGI, BOSCOLA, MADIGAN, EARLL, RAFFERTY, COSTA,
ERICKSON, C. WILLIAMS, STACK, LEMMOND, O'PAKE, BROWNE AND
GREENLEAF, APRIL 19, 2006
REFERRED TO BANKING AND INSURANCE, APRIL 19, 2006
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 mandated
12 policy coverages and options.
13 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
14 hereby enacts as follows:
15 Section 1. Section 602-A 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 subsection to read:
18 Section 602-A. Mandated Policy Coverages and Options.--* * *
19 (e) If reimbursement for services specified in sections 603-
20 A(b), 604-A(b) and 605-A(b) is denied and the covered individual
21 has exhausted the internal grievance process or complaint
22 procedures of an entity enumerated under subsection (a), the
1 covered individual may enter into an agreement with the provider
2 to obtain the services at the covered individual's own expense,
3 notwithstanding any contractual provisions between the entity
4 enumerated under subsection (a) and the provider.
5 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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