PRINTER'S NO. 4234
No. 2808 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY TURZAI, KENNEY, BROWNE, MACKERETH, ADOLPH, BARD,
BEBKO-JONES, BELARDI, BELFANTI, BENNINGHOFF, BIRMELIN,
BISHOP, BOYES, BUNT, BUXTON, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CAWLEY,
CIVERA, CLYMER, M. COHEN, COLAFELLA, COLEMAN, CORNELL, CRUZ,
CURRY, DAILEY, DALEY, DALLY, DeWEESE, DiGIROLAMO, EACHUS,
FAIRCHILD, FLEAGLE, FORCIER, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, GABIG, GEIST,
GEORGE, GODSHALL, GRUCELA, GRUITZA, HARHAI, HARHART,
HENNESSEY, HERMAN, HORSEY, JAMES, JOSEPHS, KELLER, KIRKLAND,
KREBS, LaGROTTA, LAUGHLIN, LEDERER, LEH, LESCOVITZ,
LEVDANSKY, LUCYK, MAITLAND, MAJOR, MANDERINO, MANN, MARKOSEK,
MARSICO, McGEEHAN, McNAUGHTON, MELIO, MICHLOVIC, S. MILLER,
MUNDY, MYERS, NAILOR, O'BRIEN, OLIVER, PETRARCA, PHILLIPS,
PICKETT, PISTELLA, PRESTON, READSHAW, ROEBUCK, ROONEY, ROSS,
RUBLEY, SANTONI, SCAVELLO, SCHRODER, SCRIMENTI, SHANER,
B. SMITH, STABACK, STEELMAN, STERN, STETLER, R. STEVENSON,
T. STEVENSON, STRITTMATTER, STURLA, E. Z. TAYLOR, J. TAYLOR,
THOMAS, TIGUE, TRAVAGLIO, TRELLO, VEON, WALKO, WASHINGTON,
WATSON, WILT, YOUNGBLOOD, YUDICHAK, ZIMMERMAN AND ZUG,
JULY 15, 2002
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,
JULY 15, 2002
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), entitled "An
2 act relating to insurance; amending, revising, and
3 consolidating the law providing for the incorporation of
4 insurance companies, and the regulation, supervision, and
5 protection of home and foreign insurance companies, Lloyds
6 associations, reciprocal and inter-insurance exchanges, and
7 fire insurance rating bureaus, and the regulation and
8 supervision of insurance carried by such companies,
9 associations, and exchanges, including insurance carried by
10 the State Workmen's Insurance Fund; providing penalties; and
11 repealing existing laws," providing for coverage of alcohol
12 and drug abuse and dependency treatment resulting from court
13 action.
14 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
1 hereby enacts as follows:
2 Section 1. The act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known
3 as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, is amended by adding a
4 section to read:
5 Section 353.1. Coverage of Treatment.--No subscriber of a
6 health plan that is doing business in this Commonwealth shall be
7 deprived of alcohol and other drug abuse and addiction treatment
8 or coverage due to the identification of an alcohol and/or other
9 drug problem that occurs as a result of contact with the legal
10 or criminal justice system, or where treatment is required under
11 an order of a court of competent jurisdiction as long as the
12 treatment services are within the coverage of the health plan's
13 benefit package.
14 Section 2. This act shall take effect September 1, 2002.
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