A07179
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1003
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY WHITE, DECEMBER 12, 2017
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, APRIL 17, 2018
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 quality health care
accountability and protection, 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, is amended
to read:
Section 2116. Emergency Services.--[If] (a) Except as
provided in subsection (b), 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 enrollee without
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