PRINTER'S NO. 2300
No. 1775 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY COSTA, BEBKO-JONES, BELFANTI, BISHOP, CAPPELLI,
COHEN, CREIGHTON, DALEY, DeWEESE, J. EVANS, FABRIZIO,
FRANKEL, GERGELY, GORDNER, GRUCELA, HARHAI, HENNESSEY,
HORSEY, JOSEPHS, KELLER, KOTIK, LEDERER, MANN, MARKOSEK,
McILHATTAN, PALLONE, READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROSS, SEMMEL,
SOLOBAY, THOMAS, WALKO, WANSACZ AND YOUNGBLOOD, JUNE 30, 2003
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE, JUNE 30, 2003
AN ACT
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," providing for basic property
12 insurance optional coverage of service dogs.
13 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
14 hereby enacts as follows:
15 Section 1. The act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known
16 as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, is amended by adding a
17 section to read:
18 Section 506.2. Basic Property Insurance Optional Coverage of
19 Service Dogs.--(a) Every insurance company, association and
20 exchange issuing basic property insurance policies shall make
21 available for purchase optional coverage for service dogs.
1 (b) As used in this section the following words shall mean:
2 "Basic property insurance." The term includes all policies
3 that provide insurance against direct loss to real or tangible
4 personal property at a fixed location caused by perils defined
5 and limited in the standard fire policy prescribed in section
6 506 and in the extended coverage endorsement approved by the
7 Insurance Commission under section 354, and such vandalism,
8 malicious mischief, burglary, theft or such other classes of
9 insurance as may be determined by the Insurance Commissioner.
10 The term does not include insurance on motor vehicles, farms or
11 such manufacturing risks as may be excluded by the Insurance
12 Commissioner.
13 "Service dog." Any dog which has been trained as a guide dog
14 or signal dog, or to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of
15 an individual with a disability, including, but not limited to,
16 guiding individuals with impaired vision, alerting individuals
17 with impaired hearing to intruders or sounds, pulling a
18 wheelchair or fetching items.
19 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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