PRINTER'S NO. 2364
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1629
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY DAVIDSON, KINSEY, ROZZI, MURT, COHEN, THOMAS,
YOUNGBLOOD, DEAN, DAVIS, BISHOP, V. BROWN, BULLOCK AND
DRISCOLL, OCTOBER 15, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE, OCTOBER 15, 2015
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," in casualty insurance, providing
for coverage for assertive community treatment.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known
as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, is amended by adding a
section to read:
Section 635.7. Coverage for Assertive Community Treatment.--
(a) A health insurance policy shall provide coverage for
assertive community treatment for an individual who is eighteen
(18) years of age or older and has serious and persistent mental
illness if the individual:
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