PRINTER'S NO. 402
No. 352 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY DeLUCA, CONKLIN, CRUZ, DALEY, DePASQUALE, FRANKEL,
FREEMAN, GALLOWAY, GERGELY, GRUCELA, HARHAI, JOSEPHS,
KIRKLAND, McCALL, McGEEHAN, M. O'BRIEN, PALLONE, PARKER,
PETRONE, RAMALEY, SAINATO, M. SMITH, SOLOBAY, STURLA AND
WALKO, FEBRUARY 9, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE, FEBRUARY 9, 2007
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," requiring health insurance policies
12 to provide coverage for vaccinations for human papilloma
13 virus.
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 a
18 section to read:
19 Section 635.2. Coverage for Human Papilloma Virus
20 Vaccinations.--(a) As used in this section "health insurance
21 policies" means all group or individual health or sickness or
22 accident insurance policies providing hospital or
1 medical/surgical coverage and all group or individual subscriber
2 contracts or certificates issued by any entity subject to one of
3 the following:
4 (1) this act;
5 (2) the act of December 29, 1972 (P.L.1701, No.364), known
6 as the "Health Maintenance Organization Act";
7 (3) 40 Pa.C.S. Ch. 61 (relating to hospital plan
8 corporations); or
9 (4) 40 Pa.C.S. Ch. 63 (relating to professional health
10 services plan corporations).
11 (b) All health insurance policies offered, issued or renewed
12 after the effective date of this section shall provide coverage
13 for individuals at least eleven (11) years of age and less than
14 twenty-seven (27) years of age to receive the vaccination
15 against human papilloma virus.
16 (c) This section does not include the following:
17 (1) accident only;
18 (2) limited benefit;
19 (3) credit;
20 (4) dental;
21 (5) vision;
22 (6) specified disease;
23 (7) Medicare supplement;
24 (8) Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed
25 Services (CHAMPUS) supplement;
26 (9) long-term care or disability income;
27 (10) workers' compensation;
28 (11) automobile medical payment; or
29 (12) any combination of hospital indemnity, accident only,
30 fixed indemnity, credit, dental, vision, specified disease,
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1 Medicare supplement, Civilian Health and Medical Program of the
2 Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) supplement, long-term care or
3 disability income, workers' compensation or automobile medical
4 payment insurance, or other limited benefit plan.
5 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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