PRINTER'S NO. 69
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
98
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY D. MILLER, SANCHEZ, HANBIDGE, HOHENSTEIN, ZABEL,
HILL-EVANS, ISAACSON, GALLOWAY, CIRESI, SCHLOSSBERG, HOWARD,
KIRKLAND, DEASY, O'MARA AND OTTEN, JANUARY 11, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE, JANUARY 11, 2021
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 billing eligible insureds for services by out-of-network
provider.
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 617.2. Billing Eligible Insureds for Services by
Out-of-Network Provider.--(A) An out-of-network provider that
renders mental health care, substance use disorder treatment or
treatment for a disability to an eligible insured in this
Commonwealth is prohibited from billing an eligible insured for
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