PRINTER'S NO. 902
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
916
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY ZABEL, PASHINSKI, HILL-EVANS, FREEMAN,
SCHLOSSBERG, SANCHEZ, T. DAVIS, BURGOS, SHUSTERMAN,
HOHENSTEIN, ISAACSON, WEBSTER, GALLOWAY, D. WILLIAMS,
DELLOSO, O'MARA, N. NELSON, LEWIS DELROSSO, STURLA AND
HOWARD, MARCH 15, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE, MARCH 15, 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 coverage for nonopioid pain management care.
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 Nonopioid Pain Management
Care.-- (a) A health insurance policy offered, issued or renewed
in this Commonwealth shall include coverage for evidence-based
nonopioid pain management care. Coverage for evidence-based
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