PRINTER'S NO. 455
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
470
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY FRANKEL AND DeLUCA, FEBRUARY 11, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE, FEBRUARY 11, 2019
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 casualty insurance, providing
for prohibition on lifetime and annual limits on essential
health benefits.
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 a
section to read:
Section 635.8. Prohibition on Lifetime and Annual Limits on
Essential Health Benefits.--(a) A health insurance policy
offered, issued or renewed in this Commonwealth shall not
establish a lifetime limit or annual limit of the dollar amount
on essential health benefits for an individual.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
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