PRINTER'S NO. 4627
No. 2968 Session of 2004
INTRODUCED BY NICKOL, ARMSTRONG, BELFANTI, BOYD, CAPPELLI,
CAWLEY, CRAHALLA, CREIGHTON, DENLINGER, FAIRCHILD, FLEAGLE,
FRANKEL, GANNON, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, HARPER,
HARRIS, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, MACKERETH, MAITLAND, O'NEILL,
SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SOLOBAY, E. Z. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TIGUE AND
YOUNGBLOOD, NOVEMBER 9, 2004
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, NOVEMBER 9, 2004
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for medical benefits.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Section 1712(1) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
6 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
7 § 1712. Availability of benefits.
8 An insurer issuing or delivering liability insurance policies
9 covering any motor vehicle of the type required to be registered
10 under this title, except recreational vehicles not intended for
11 highway use, motorcycles, motor-driven cycles or motorized
12 pedalcycles or like type vehicles, registered and operated in
13 this Commonwealth, shall make available for purchase first party
14 benefits with respect to injury arising out of the maintenance
15 or use of a motor vehicle as follows:
16 (1) Medical benefit.--Subject to the limitations of
1 section 1797 (relating to customary charges for treatment),
2 coverage to provide for reasonable and necessary medical
3 treatment and rehabilitative services, including, but not
4 limited to, hospital, dental, surgical, psychiatric,
5 psychological, osteopathic, ambulance, chiropractic, licensed
6 physical therapy, nursing services, vocational rehabilitation
7 and occupational therapy, speech pathology and audiology,
8 optometric services, medications, medical supplies and
9 prosthetic devices, all without limitation as to time,
10 provided that, within 18 months from the date of the accident
11 causing injury, it is ascertainable with reasonable medical
12 probability that further expenses may be incurred as a result
13 of the injury. Benefits under this paragraph may include any
14 nonmedical remedial care and treatment rendered in accordance
15 with a recognized religious method of healing. A dentist may
16 request a preauthorization for a service other than acute
17 care, as defined in section 1797(a). The preauthorization
18 from the insurer is to determine the eligibility of a
19 proposed treatment with respect to an injury arising out of
20 the maintenance or use of a motor vehicle and to determine
21 the charge allowed by the insurer for that treatment.
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23 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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