PRINTER'S NO. 1654
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1527
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY LONGIETTI, SANCHEZ, HILL-EVANS, SCHLOSSBERG,
KINSEY, FREEMAN, SAMUELSON, MADDEN, BOBACK, GALLOWAY,
McNEILL, STURLA, SCHWEYER, N. NELSON, ROZZI, ZIMMERMAN,
CIRESI, HARKINS, GUENST, O'MARA, DEASY, WARREN, McCLINTON AND
PISCIOTTANO, JUNE 1, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE, JUNE 1, 2021
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, further
providing for coverage for colorectal cancer screening.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 635.3(a) of the act of May 17, 1921
(P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921,
is amended to read:
Section 635.3. Coverage for Colorectal Cancer Screening.--
(a) Except to the extent already covered under another policy,
all health insurance policies as defined in this section shall
also provide coverage for colorectal cancer screening for
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covered individuals in accordance with American Cancer Society
guidelines for colorectal cancer screening published as of
[January 1, 2008] May 30, 2018, and consistent with approved
medical standards and practices.
(1) Coverage for nonsymptomatic covered individuals who are
[fifty (50)] forty-five (45) years of age or older shall
include, but not be limited to:
(i) An annual fecal occult blood test.
(ii) A sigmoidoscopy, a screening barium enema or a test
consistent with approved medical standards and practices to
detect colon cancer, at least once every five (5) years.
(iii) A colonoscopy at least once every ten (10) years.
(2) Coverage for symptomatic covered individuals shall
include a colonoscopy, sigmoidoscopy or any combination of
colorectal cancer screening tests at a frequency determined by a
treating physician.
(3) Coverage for nonsymptomatic covered individuals who are
at high or increased risk for colorectal cancer who are under
[fifty (50)] forty-five (45) years of age shall include a
colonoscopy or any combination of colorectal cancer screening
tests in accordance with the American Cancer Society guidelines
on screening for colorectal cancer published as of [January 1,
2008] May 30, 2018.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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