Banking and Insurance Committee
06/08/10
The Senate Banking and Insurance Committee met on
Tuesday, June 8, 2010 and reported the following bills
to the floor.
As Amended
SB 1181 PN 2035 (Ward) This bill amends the
Insurance Company Law of 1921 providing insurers and
their representatives whose responsibilities include the
investigation of fraudulent claims with immunity from
liability when sharing or receiving information on
persons suspected or engaged in fraudulent acts. This
bill was approved by a unanimous 14-0 vote.
SB 1222 PN 2036 (Ward) This bill amends
Act 85 of 1996 known as the Health Security Act to
prohibit insurers from setting fees for non-covered
dentist’s services. This bill was approved by a
unanimous 14-0 vote.
SB 1334 PN 2037
(D. White)
This bill provides that a service contract shall not be
construed to be the business of insurance and shall
therefore be exempt from regulation as insurance.
This bill was approved by a unanimous 14-0 vote.
HB 838 PN 3868 (Longietti) This bill amends the
Insurance Company Law of 1921 to provide access to
community pharmacy services and prohibit discrimination.
This bill was approved by a vote of 12-2
HB 1251 PN 3869 (D. Costa) This bill amends the
Insurance Company Law of 1921 providing for a mechanism
to appeal denials of long-term care benefit coverage,
for mini-COBRA premium assistance and derivative
investments by insurers. The bill was adopted by a
unanimous 14-0 vote.
Banking and Insurance Committee
04/14/10
The Senate Banking and Insurance Committee met on
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 and reported the following
bill to the floor by a unanimous 14-0 vote.
As Amended
SB 507 PN 1852 (Folmer) This bill establishes
the Pennsylvania High-Risk Health Insurance Pool to
provide medical insurance for certain eligible persons
and dependents unable to obtain coverage through
conventional insurance plans.
Banking and Insurance Committee
02/02/10
The Banking and Insurance
Company met on Tuesday, February 2, 2010 and reported
the following bills to the floor by a unanimous vote.
As Committed
SB 1112 PN 1476 (D. White) This bill amends the
Insurance Company Law of 1921 to preserve the
Commonwealth’s sovereignty over the regulation of health
insurance in Pennsylvania by implementing the
requirements of new federal health regulation laws.
As Amended
HB 526 PN 3169 (DeLuca) This bill amends the
Model Act for the regulation of Credit Life Insurance
and Credit Accident and Health Insurance further
providing for premiums and refunds.
Banking and Insurance Committee
07/15/09
The Senate Banking and
Insurance Committee met on Wednesday, July 15, 2009 and
reported the following bills from committee by a
unanimous 14-0 vote. In addition, the committee voted
unanimously to report the nominations of Steven D.
Irwin, Robert M. Lam and Thomas A. Michlovic for the
Pennsylvania Securities Commission to the floor for a
vote on confirmation.
As Committed
Senate Bill 381 (Vance)
This bill amends the Continuing-Care Provider
Registration and Disclosure Act of 1984 (Act 82 of 1984)
by expanding the authority, scope and scheduling of
examinations by the Insurance Commissioner with respect
to Continuing-care facilities.
Senate Bill 1002 (Vance) This bill requires
the Department of Insurance to utilize disenrollment
data obtained by insurers to enroll eligible adults from
the adult basic waiting list on a monthly basis.
As Amended
Senate Bill 493 (Stack) This bill amends the
Insurance Company act (Act 284 of 1921) with respect to
surplus lines of insurance and makes technical updates
in terminology to conform with the Producer Licensing
Modernization Act of 2002 (Act 147 of 2002)
House Bill 1654 (Daley) This bill amends Title 7
(Banks and Banking) to further provide for the
regulation and licensure of the mortgage loan industry
in Pennsylvania in conformance with federal law.
Banking and Insurance Committee
06/09/09
The Senate Banking and
Insurance Committee met on Tuesday, June 9, 2009 and by
a unanimous 14-0 vote reported the following bills to
the Senate Floor.
As Committed
SB 936 (Browne) This bill amends the
Pennsylvania Banking Code dealing with mortgage loan
industry licensing and consumer protections bringing it
into compliance with the federal Secure and Fair
Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act (SAFE) of
2008.
As Amended
HB 985 (Kessler) This bill amends the
Pennsylvania Banking Code providing for employee
whistleblower protections.
Banking and Insurance Committee
03/10/09
The Banking and Insurance
Committee met on Tuesday, March 10, 2009 and unanimously
reported the following bills to the floor.
As Committed
SB 170 -
This bill amends Title 7 (Banks and Banking) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing
for mortgage loan business prohibitions.
SB 171 -
This bill amends the Banking Code providing for employee
whistleblower protections.
SB 189 -
This bill allows for dependent children to receive
health insurance coverage
through their parent’s policy up to 30 years of age.
SB 442 -
This bill amends the Insurance Company Law of 1921 by
adding a new
section to authorize Mini-COBRA Small Employer Group
Health Policies.
As amended
SB 237 - This bill provides
consumer protections for annuity sales.
SB 443 - This
bill would establish a new act entitled the Preventable
Serious Adverse Events Act.
