PRINTER'S NO. 3710
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2242
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY BAKER, PICKETT, MILLARD, STAATS, CORBIN, ROZZI,
TOEPEL, D. COSTA, JAMES, DRISCOLL, WARD, CAUSER, WATSON,
PASHINSKI, BARRAR, KAUFFMAN, METZGAR, MALONEY, TRUITT,
BOBACK, READSHAW, MAHONEY, HENNESSEY, HARHAI, MAJOR, McNEILL,
BRADFORD, SAYLOR, ZIMMERMAN, REGAN, DeLUCA, GILLEN, MILNE,
PHILLIPS-HILL, HEFFLEY AND LAWRENCE, JULY 7, 2016
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, JULY 7, 2016
AN ACT
Providing for patient access to diagnostics and treatments for
Lyme disease and related tick-borne illnesses; and requiring
health care policies to provide certain coverage.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Lyme Disease
and Related Tick-Borne Illness Diagnosis and Treatment Act.
Section 2. Findings.
The General Assembly finds as follows:
(1) From 2002 to 2014, Pennsylvania reported a total of
59,478 confirmed cases of Lyme disease and in 2015 reported
10,817 new cases ranking highest in the nation in confirmed
cases for the last five years.
(2) In 2015, the Department of Environmental Protection
published a study that confirmed a high risk of Lyme disease
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