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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY LONGIETTI, CALTAGIRONE, CARROLL, COHEN, D. COSTA, DALEY, DeLUCA, DONATUCCI, GIBBONS, GOODMAN, HARKINS, JOSEPHS, KULA, McGEEHAN, MURT, M. O'BRIEN, READSHAW, SANTONI, SWANGER, VULAKOVICH AND WHITE, MARCH 17, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE, MARCH 17, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), entitled "An |
2 | act relating to insurance; amending, revising, and |
3 | consolidating the law providing for the incorporation of |
4 | insurance companies, and the regulation, supervision, and |
5 | protection of home and foreign insurance companies, Lloyds |
6 | associations, reciprocal and inter-insurance exchanges, and |
7 | fire insurance rating bureaus, and the regulation and |
8 | supervision of insurance carried by such companies, |
9 | associations, and exchanges, including insurance carried by |
10 | the State Workmen's Insurance Fund; providing penalties; and |
11 | repealing existing laws," further providing for health |
12 | insurance coverage for certain children of insured parents. |
13 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
14 | hereby enacts as follows: |
15 | Section 1. Section 617.1(A) of the act of May 17, 1921 |
16 | (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, |
17 | added June 10, 2009 (P.L.42, No.4), is amended to read: |
18 | Section 617.1. Health Insurance Coverage for Certain |
19 | Children of Insured Parents.--(A) An insurer that issues, |
20 | delivers, executes or renews group health care insurance in this |
21 | Commonwealth, under which coverage of a child would otherwise |
22 | terminate at a specified age, shall, at the option of the |
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1 | [policyholder] policyholder's insured employe, provide coverage |
2 | to a child of an insured employe beyond that specified age, up |
3 | through and including the age of 29, at the insured employe's |
4 | expense, and provided that the child meet all of the following |
5 | requirements: |
6 | (1) Is not married. |
7 | (2) Has no dependents. |
8 | (3) Is a resident of this Commonwealth or is enrolled as a |
9 | full-time student at an institution of higher education. |
10 | (4) Is not provided coverage as a named subscriber, insured, |
11 | enrollee or covered person under any other group or individual |
12 | health insurance policy or enrolled in or entitled to benefits |
13 | under any government health care benefits program, including |
14 | benefits under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act (49 Stat. |
15 | 620, 42 U.S.C. § 1395 et seq.). |
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17 | Section 2. The amendment of section 617.1 of the act shall |
18 | apply to new contracts and contract renewals occurring 60 days |
19 | after the effective date of this act. |
20 | Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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