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PRINTER'SH2097B2973A04254 SFR:JMT 04/30/24 #90 A04254 AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO.
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2097REPRESENTATIVE 2024GROVE INTRODUCEDPrinter's BYNo. MAYES, KINKEAD, PROBST, KHAN, SANCHEZ, CERRATO, SMITH-WADE-EL, BOROWSKI, KINSEY, CEPHAS, PARKER, KENYATTA,, SHUSTERMAN, ISAACSON, GIRAL, WAXMAN, ABNEY, HOWARD, KIM, KRAJEWSKI, CURRY AND KAZEEM, MARCH 12, 2024 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, MARCH 12, 2024 AN ACT Amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), entitled "An act relating to insurance;
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and repealing existing laws," in casualty insurance, providing for coverage for blood pressure monitors.
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 635.9.
Coverage for Blood Pressure Monitors.--(a) A government program shall provide coverage for blood pressure monitors for pregnant or postpartum enrollees for each pregnancy.
(b) As used in this section:
"Enrollee" means an individual entitled to receive health care services under a government program.
"Government program" means a program of government-sponsored or government-subsidized health care coverage, including:
(1) The children's health insurance program under Article XXIII-A.
(2) Subdivision (f) of Article IV of the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the "Human Services Code." "Postpartum" means within one year of delivery or the end of pregnancy.
Section 2.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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