PRINTER'S NO. 288
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
289
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY THOMAS, COHEN, KINSEY, V. BROWN, SCHLOSSBERG,
BOBACK, KORTZ, FRANKEL AND DONATUCCI, FEBRUARY 2, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE, FEBRUARY 2, 2015
AN ACT
Amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), entitled "An
act relating to insurance; amending, revising, and
consolidating the law providing for the incorporation of
insurance companies, and the regulation, supervision, and
protection of home and foreign insurance companies, Lloyds
associations, reciprocal and inter-insurance exchanges, and
fire insurance rating bureaus, and the regulation and
supervision of insurance carried by such companies,
associations, and exchanges, including insurance carried by
the State Workmen's Insurance Fund; providing penalties; and
repealing existing laws," in health and accident insurance,
providing for pregnancy as a preexisting condition and for
coverage for maternity care; and, in health care insurance
individual accessibility, further providing for policy choice
for eligible individuals.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known
as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, is amended by adding
sections to read:
Section 635.7. Pregnancy as a Preexisting Condition.--(a)
All health insurance policies that are offered, issued or
renewed on or after the effective date of this section may not
impose any preexisting condition exclusion that relates to or
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