PRINTER'S NO. 4111
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2676
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY BOBACK, MALAGARI, POLINCHOCK, DONATUCCI, LEE,
ZABEL, ULLMAN, SCHLOSSBERG, MURT, YOUNGBLOOD, MILLARD,
SAPPEY, FREEMAN, DeLUCA, HELM, HILL-EVANS, McCARTER, CIRESI,
GLEIM, GAINEY, HOWARD, PASHINSKI, ROEBUCK, ROZZI AND O'MARA,
JULY 8, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE, JULY 8, 2020
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 insulin.
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. Coverage for Insulin.--(a) A health
insurance policy providing prescription coverage of insulin may
not impose on a covered individual a copayment, coinsurance or
deductible of more than one hundred fifty dollars ($150) per
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thirty-day supply of insulin, regardless of the amount or type
of insulin needed to fill the covered individual's prescription.
(b) Nothing in this section shall prevent a health insurance
policy from offering a lesser monthly price for a thirty-day
supply of insulin than the price provided under subsection (a).
(c) The Insurance Department may promulgate regulations as
necessary to implement and enforce the maximum price established
under this section.
(d) This section shall not apply to the following types of
policies:
(1) Accident only.
(2) Fixed indemnity.
(3) Limited benefit.
(4) Credit.
(5) Dental.
(6) Vision.
(7) Specified disease.
(8) Medicare supplement.
(9) CHAMPUS (Civilian Health and Medical Program for the
Uniform Services) supplement.
(10) Long-term care or disability income.
(11) Workers' compensation.
(12) Automobile medical payment.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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