PRINTER'S NO. 391
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
424
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY HAMM, ROWE, LEADBETER, ZIMMERMAN, MOUL, CIRESI,
CONKLIN, JOZWIAK AND GILLEN, MARCH 15, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, MARCH 15, 2023
AN ACT
Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania National Guard,
further providing for association group life insurance for
Pennsylvania National Guard.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3105(a)(4) and (c) of Title 51 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
§ 3105. Association group life insurance for Pennsylvania
National Guard.
(a) Voluntary participation for group life insurance.--The
Adjutant General may approve issuance of group life insurance to
nonprofit membership associations for members of the
Pennsylvania National Guard, subject to the following
requirements:
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(4) The amounts of insurance under the policy must not
exceed [$400,000] the maximum available Servicemembers' Group
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Life Insurance coverage per individual insured member and
[$100,000] per insured spouse or dependent.
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(c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term "eligible
member of the Pennsylvania National Guard" shall mean:
(1) members of the Pennsylvania National Guard ordered
to active Federal service for a period of 30 or more
consecutive days while preparing to deploy, deployed and
demobilizing from deployment, to areas or operations
designated by the Secretary of Defense as "zones of combat"
or "combat operations"; [and]
(2) members of the Pennsylvania National Guard ordered
to active State duty for emergencies under section 508
(relating to active duty for emergency) or 35 Pa.C.S. § 7601
(relating to compact enacted) for a period of 30 or more
consecutive days[.]; and
(3) members of the Pennsylvania National Guard ordered
to active duty for a period of 30 or more consecutive days
under 32 U.S.C. (relating to National Guard) orders, status
or duty in response to an emergency declaration or Federal
mobilization with the approval of the Governor and the United
States Secretary of Defense.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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