PRINTER'S NO. 2990
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2105
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY HANBIDGE, MOUL, FRANKEL, McCLINTON, MILLARD,
WEBSTER, KULIK, SCHLOSSBERG, ISAACSON, RAVENSTAHL,
HOHENSTEIN, STEPHENS, RABB, HILL-EVANS, KENYATTA, JOHNSON-
HARRELL, KINSEY, SAMUELSON, YOUNGBLOOD, CIRESI, MADDEN,
OTTEN, KAUFER, HOWARD, KIM, ROEBUCK, HENNESSEY AND D. MILLER,
DECEMBER 9, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE, DECEMBER 9, 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 hearing aid coverage.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 635 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 635. Hearing Aid Coverage.--[Any insurer that
underwrites Medicare or Medicaid] (a) A health insurance policy
[for insureds residing in this Commonwealth] shall provide
coverage [in such insurance] for a hearing aid sold in
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accordance with section 403 of the act of November 24, 1976
(P.L.1182, No.262), known as the "Hearing Aid Sales Registration
Law."
(b) As used in this section, the term "health insurance
policy":
(1) Means an individual or group health insurance policy,
contract or plan that provides medical or health care coverage
by a health care facility or licensed health care provider on an
expense-incurred service or prepaid basis that is offered by or
is governed under any of the following:
(i) This act.
(ii) Subarticle (f) of Article IV of the act of June 13,
1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the "Human Services Code."
(iii) The act of December 29, 1972 (P.L.1701, No.364), known
as the "Health Maintenance Organization Act."
(iv) The act of May 18, 1976 (P.L.123, No.54), known as the
"Individual Accident and Sickness Insurance Minimum Standards
Act."
(v) A nonprofit corporation subject to 40 Pa.C.S. Ch. 61
(relating to hospital plan corporations) or 63 (relating to
professional health services plan corporations).
(2) Does not include any of the following policies:
(i) Accident only.
(ii) Credit only.
(iii) Long-term care or disability income.
(iv) Specified disease.
(v) Medicare supplement.
(vi) Tricare, including a Civilian Health and Medical
Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) supplement.
(vii) Fixed indemnity.
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(viii) Dental only.
(ix) Vision only.
(x) Worker's compensation.
(xi) Automobile medical payment insurance.
Section 2. This act shall apply to any health insurance
policy offered, issued or renewed on or after the effective date
of this act.
Section 3. Any regulation inconsistent with this act is
abrogated to the extent of any inconsistency with this act.
Section 4. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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