PRINTER'S NO. 801
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
735
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY LONGIETTI, MURT, STURLA, YOUNGBLOOD, DRISCOLL,
D. COSTA, KINSEY, V. BROWN, DONATUCCI, McNEILL, THOMAS,
FREEMAN AND FRANKEL, MARCH 7, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE, MARCH 7, 2017
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.
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
terminate at a specified age shall, at the option of the
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[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, 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 amendment of section 617.1 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
(2) renewing a contract.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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