A05220
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
913
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY LONGIETTI, FREEMAN, SCHLOSSBERG, FRANKEL,
READSHAW, HILL-EVANS, KORTZ, MURT, D. MILLER, DAVIDSON,
T. DAVIS, WARREN, DALEY, McCLINTON, DeLUCA, DERMODY, MULLINS,
KINSEY, YOUNGBLOOD, HARRIS AND WEBSTER, MARCH 20, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE, MARCH 20, 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, further
providing for health insurance coverage for certain children
of insured parents and providing for coverage for General
Assembly.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 617.1(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 617.1. Health Insurance Coverage for Certain
Children of Insured Parents.--(A) An insurer that issues,
delivers, executes or renews group health care insurance in this
Commonwealth under which coverage of a child would otherwise
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terminate at a specified age shall, at the option of the
[policyholder] policyholder's insured employe, provide coverage
to a child of an insured employe beyond that specified age, up
through and including the age of [29] 25, at the insured
employe's expense, and provided that the child meet all of the
following requirements:
(1) Is not married.
(2) Has no dependents.
(3) Is a resident of this Commonwealth or is enrolled as a
full-time student at an institution of higher education.
(4) Is not provided coverage as a named subscriber, insured,
enrollee or covered person under any other group or individual
health insurance policy or enrolled in or entitled to benefits
under any government health care benefits program, including
benefits under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act (49 Stat.
620, 42 U.S.C. ยง 1395 et seq.).
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Section 2. The act is amended by adding a section to read:
Section 635.8. Coverage for General Assembly.--No later than
July 1, 2020, or the conclusion of the contract for health
insurance coverage that was in effect on the effective date of
this section, whichever occurs later, all members, officers and
employes of the Senate or the House of Representatives shall
only participate in health insurance coverage under the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148, 124
Stat. 119) or its successor.
Section 2 3. The amendment of section 617.1(A) of the act
shall apply to either of the following that occurs 60 days after
the effective date of this act:
(1) entering into a contract; or
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(2) renewing a contract.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
Section 4. The provisions of this act are nonseverable. If
any provision of this act or its application to any person or
circumstance is held invalid, the remaining provisions or
applications of this act are void ab initio. This
nonseverability clause is controlling.
Section 5. This act shall take effect as follows:
(1) The following shall take effect in 60 days:
(i) The amendment of section 617.1(A) of the act.
(ii) Section 3 of this act.
(2) The remainder of this act shall take effect
immediately.
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