PRINTER'S NO. 1825
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1457
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY SCHROEDER, CALTAGIRONE, SCHLEGEL CULVER,
LONGIETTI, McCLINTON, McNEILL, SCHWEYER, TOPPER, PICKETT AND
GILLEN, MAY 14, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE, MAY 14, 2019
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 mastectomy and breast cancer reconstruction.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 633(d)(4) 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 633. Mastectomy and Breast Cancer Reconstruction.--*
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(4) The term "prosthetic devices" when used in this section
means the use of initial and subsequent artificial devices,
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including custom artificial devices, to replace the removed
breast or portions thereof pursuant to an order of the patient's
physician.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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