H0924B1038A01357 SFR:CMD 05/13/19 #90 A01357
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 924
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE PICKETT
Printer's No. 1038
Amend Bill, page 1, line 17, by striking out "medical care,"
Amend Bill, page 1, line 18; page 2, lines 1 through 10; by
striking out "insurance coverage and which is offered or" in
line 18 on page 1, all of lines 1 through 9 and "plan
corporations)" in line 10 on page 2 and inserting
coverage and which is offered, issued or renewed by an
insurer
Amend Bill, page 2, lines 11 and 12, by striking out all of
said lines and inserting
"Insurer." As follows:
(1) An entity licensed by the Insurance Department with
authority to issue insurance policies or governed under any
of the following:
(i) The act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known
as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, including section
630 and Article XXIV of The Insurance Company Law of
1921.
(ii) The act of December 29, 1972 (P.L.1701,
No.364), known as the Health Maintenance Organization
Act.
(iii) 40 Pa.C.S. Ch. 61 (relating to hospital plan
corporations) or 63 (relating to professional health
services plan corporations).
(2) The term does not include accident only, fixed
indemnity, hospital indemnity, limited benefit, credit,
dental, vision, specified disease, Medicare supplement,
Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services
(CHAMPUS) supplement, long-term care or disability income,
worker's compensation or automobile medical payment
insurance.
Amend Bill, page 3, line 15, by striking out the period after
"act" and inserting
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, including a living donor's rights under the FMLA and
information on filing a complaint with the United States
Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division if the living
donor believes that the living donor's employer is not in
compliance with the FMLA.
Amend Bill, page 3, line 23, by striking out "An" and
inserting
(a) Prohibitions.--Subject to subsection (b), an
Amend Bill, page 3, line 26, by striking out "actuarial
risks" and inserting
risk based on sound actuarial principles reasonably
related to actual or anticipated loss experience
Amend Bill, page 4, line 7, by striking out the period after
"policy" and inserting
, except that an insurer may decline to issue an
insurance policy to an applicant with a scheduled donation
until the applicant is released without complication by the
surgeon to the care of the applicant's primary care
physician.
(b) Construction.--Subsection (a)(2) shall not be construed
to require an insurance policy form to include coverage of organ
donation.
Amend Bill, page 4, lines 23 through 27, by striking out all
of said lines and inserting
A violation of section 4 is an unfair or deceptive act or
practice under the act of July 22, 1974 (P.L.589, No.205), known
as the Unfair Insurance Practices Act.
Amend Bill, page 4, lines 29 and 30, by striking out ", the
Department of Labor and Industry"
Amend Bill, page 4, line 30, by inserting after "may"
each
Amend Bill, page 4, line 30, by striking out "and" where it
occurs the second time and inserting
or
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