PRINTER'S NO. 52
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
60
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY BAKER, BENNINGHOFF, COHEN, TOEPEL, V. BROWN,
FREEMAN, BARRAR, BROWNLEE, LONGIETTI, KILLION, SAMUELSON,
DiGIROLAMO, TOPPER, RAPP, CAUSER, A. HARRIS, KNOWLES,
KAUFFMAN, OBERLANDER, D. COSTA, MILLARD, WATSON, CUTLER,
EVERETT, MURT, JAMES, DeLUCA, HAHN, GABLER, GINGRICH,
ZIMMERMAN AND PICKETT, JANUARY 21, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, JANUARY 21, 2015
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, providing
for coverage for oral anticancer medications.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known
as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, is amended by adding a
section to read:
Section 631.1. Coverage for Oral Anticancer Medications.--
(a) Whenever a health insurance policy provides coverage that
includes coverage for cancer chemotherapy or anticancer
medications which have been approved by the United States Food
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