PRINTER'S NO. 361
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
339
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY BARRAR, O'NEILL, COHEN, D. COSTA, M. DALEY, DUSH,
GABLER, GILLEN, A. HARRIS, KORTZ, MURT, READSHAW, SACCONE AND
TALLMAN, FEBRUARY 5, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, FEBRUARY 5, 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," further providing for emergency
services.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2116 of the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682,
No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, added June
17, 1998 (P.L.464, No.68), is amended to read:
Section 2116. Emergency Services.--(a) If an enrollee seeks
emergency services and the emergency health care provider
determines that emergency services are necessary, the emergency
health care provider shall initiate necessary intervention to
evaluate and, if necessary, stabilize the condition of the
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