THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY LONGIETTI, BARBIN, BELFANTI, BRADFORD, BRIGGS, CALTAGIRONE, CARROLL, COHEN, CONKLIN, DALEY, DeLUCA, DeWEESE, DONATUCCI, EACHUS, EVERETT, FABRIZIO, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, GALLOWAY, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HARHAI, HARKINS, HELM, HORNAMAN, JOSEPHS, KORTZ, KOTIK, LENTZ, MANDERINO, MANN, McGEEHAN, McILVAINE SMITH, MURPHY, MURT, M. O'BRIEN, SCAVELLO, SHAPIRO, SIPTROTH, SOLOBAY, VULAKOVICH AND WANSACZ, MARCH 12, 2010

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE, MARCH 12, 2010  

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," further providing for health

insurance coverage for certain children of insured parents.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 617.1(A) of the act of May 17, 1921

(P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921,

added June 10, 2009 (P.L.42, No.4), is amended to read:

Section 617.1.  Health Insurance Coverage for Certain

Children of Insured Parents.--(A)  An insurer that issues,

delivers, executes or renews group health care insurance in this

Commonwealth, under which coverage of a child would otherwise

terminate at a specified age, shall, at the option of the

[policyholder] policyholder's insured employe, provide coverage

to a child of an insured employe beyond that specified age, up

through and including the age of 29, at the insured employe's

expense, and provided that the child meet all of the following

requirements:

(1)  Is not married.

(2)  Has no dependents.

(3)  Is a resident of this Commonwealth or is enrolled as a

full-time student at an institution of higher education.

(4)  Is not provided coverage as a named subscriber, insured,

enrollee or covered person under any other group or individual

health insurance policy or enrolled in or entitled to benefits

under any government health care benefits program, including

benefits under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act (49 Stat.

620, 42 U.S.C. § 1395 et seq.).

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Section 2.  The amendment of section 617.1 of the act shall

apply to new contracts and contract renewals occurring 60 days

after the effective date of this act.

Section 3.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.