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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY FOLMER, D. WHITE AND STACK, SEPTEMBER 21, 2012 |
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| REFERRED TO BANKING AND INSURANCE, SEPTEMBER 21, 2012 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending the act of March 20, 2002 (P.L.154, No.13), entitled |
2 | "An act reforming the law on medical professional liability; |
3 | providing for patient safety and reporting; establishing the |
4 | Patient Safety Authority and the Patient Safety Trust Fund; |
5 | abrogating regulations; providing for medical professional |
6 | liability informed consent, damages, expert qualifications, |
7 | limitations of actions and medical records; establishing the |
8 | Interbranch Commission on Venue; providing for medical |
9 | professional liability insurance; establishing the Medical |
10 | Care Availability and Reduction of Error Fund; providing for |
11 | medical professional liability claims; establishing the Joint |
12 | Underwriting Association; regulating medical professional |
13 | liability insurance; providing for medical licensure |
14 | regulation; providing for administration; imposing penalties; |
15 | and making repeals," in regulation of medical professional |
16 | liability insurance, repealing provisions relating to reports |
17 | to commissioner and claims information. |
18 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
19 | hereby enacts as follows: |
20 | Section 1. Section 743 of the act of March 20, 2002 |
21 | (P.L.154, No.13), known as the Medical Care Availability and |
22 | Reduction of Error (Mcare) Act, is repealed: |
23 | [Section 743. Reports to commissioner and claims information. |
24 | (a) Duty to report.--By October 15 of each year, basic |
25 | insurance coverage insurers and self-insured participating |
26 | health care providers shall report to the department the claims |
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1 | information specified in subsection (b). |
2 | (b) Department report.--Sixty days after the end of each |
3 | calendar year, the department shall prepare a report. The report |
4 | shall contain the total amount of claims paid and expenses |
5 | incurred during the preceding calendar year, the total amount of |
6 | reserve set aside for future claims, the date and place in which |
7 | each claim arose, the amounts paid, if any, and the disposition |
8 | of each claim, judgment of court, settlement or otherwise. For |
9 | final claims at the end of any calendar year, the report shall |
10 | include details by basic insurance coverage insurers and self- |
11 | insured participating health care providers of the amount of |
12 | assessment collected, the number of reimbursements paid and the |
13 | amount of reimbursements paid. |
14 | (c) Submission of report.--A copy of the report prepared |
15 | pursuant to this section shall be submitted to the chairman and |
16 | minority chairman of the Banking and Insurance Committee of the |
17 | Senate and the chairman and minority chairman of the Insurance |
18 | Committee of the House of Representatives.] |
19 | Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately. |
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