Bill Text: PA HB1942 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Providing for compliance with Federal health care legislation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 44-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-10-31 - Referred to HEALTH [HB1942 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB1942-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2664
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1942 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY BAKER, TURZAI, SAYLOR, STERN, AUMENT, BENNINGHOFF, BLOOM, BOYD, BROOKS, CAUSER, CLYMER, CUTLER, DENLINGER, FLECK, GABLER, GIBBONS, GINGRICH, GRELL, GROVE, HARRIS, HEFFLEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, HUTCHINSON, KAUFFMAN, M. K. KELLER, KILLION, LAWRENCE, MARSHALL, OBERLANDER, PICKETT, PYLE, RAPP, REICHLEY, ROAE, SACCONE, SCHRODER, TALLMAN, TOEPEL, VULAKOVICH, WATSON AND KRIEGER, OCTOBER 31, 2011
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, OCTOBER 31, 2011
AN ACT
Amending Title 40 (Insurance) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, providing for compliance with Federal health care
legislation.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Part II heading of Title 40 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
PART II
REGULATION OF INSURERS AND RELATED
PERSONS GENERALLY
[(Reserved)]
Section 2. Part II of Title 40 is amended by adding a
chapter to read:
Chapter
33. Compliance with Federal Health Care Legislation
CHAPTER 33
COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL
HEALTH CARE LEGISLATION
Sec.
3301. Definitions.
3302. Opt-out for abortion.
§ 3301. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this chapter
shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Abortion." The term shall have the same meaning given to it
in 18 Pa.C.S. § 3203 (relating to definitions).
"Complication." The term shall have the same meaning given
to it in 18 Pa.C.S. § 3203 (relating to definitions).
"Health insurance exchange." The term shall mean an
insurance system established to comply with section 1311(b) of
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law
111-148, 42 U.S.C. § 18031(b)).
§ 3302. Opt-out for abortion.
(a) Prohibition.--The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby
elects pursuant to the authority granted the states under
section 1303(a) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Act (Public Law 111-148, 42 U.S.C. § 18023(a)) to prohibit
certain abortion coverage in qualified health plans offered
through the health insurance exchange under subsection (b).
(b) Included coverage prohibition.--No qualified health plan
offered in this Commonwealth through the health insurance
exchange shall include coverage for the performance of any
abortion unless the reason the abortion is performed is one for
which the expenditure of public funds would be permitted under
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18 Pa.C.S. § 3215(c) (relating to publicly owned facilities;
public officials and public funds) and the applicable reports to
the extent lawfully required under 18 Pa.C.S. § 3215(c) are
made.
(c) Excluded coverage prohibited.--No qualified health plan
offered in this Commonwealth through a health insurance exchange
shall exclude coverage for:
(1) Treatment of any postabortion complication.
(2) Treatment of any miscarriage or any complication
related to a miscarriage.
(d) Option.--Nothing in this section shall prohibit an
individual from purchasing optional supplemental abortion
coverage provided the individual pays a separate premium for the
coverage and obtains the coverage outside of the health
insurance exchange.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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