PRINTER'S NO. 2265
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1559
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY MURT, DRISCOLL, KINSEY, McNEILL, ROZZI,
SCHLOSSBERG, SCHWEYER, THOMAS AND COHEN, SEPTEMBER 30, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE, SEPTEMBER 30, 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,
further providing for autism spectrum disorders coverage.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 635.2(f)(2) and (g) of the act of May 17,
1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of
1921, added July 9, 2008 (P.L.885, No.62), are amended to read:
Section 635.2. Autism Spectrum Disorders Coverage.--* * *
(f) As used in this section:
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(2) "Autism service provider" means any of the following:
(i) A person, entity or group providing treatment of autism
spectrum disorders, pursuant to a treatment plan, that is
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