PRINTER'S NO. 1336
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
958
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY HUGHES, FONTANA, BLAKE, TARTAGLIONE, COSTA,
FARNESE, BROWNE AND LEACH, NOVEMBER 15, 2017
REFERRED TO BANKING AND INSURANCE, NOVEMBER 15, 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 health and accident insurance,
prohibiting exclusions for preexisting conditions.
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 635.8. Exclusions For Preexisting Conditions.--(a)
A health insurer shall be prohibited from discriminating against
a qualified individual or a qualified group based on a
preexisting medical condition.
(b) Methods of discriminating based on preexisting medical
conditions shall include:
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