Committees · 2021–2022 Regular Session
Insurance
Members
As the committee stood at the end of the term. Each name leads to the member's page.
TINA PICKETTChair
Republican · 110th District
Steven C. MentzerVice Chair
Republican · 97th District
Democrat · 19th District
Republican · 10th District
Democrat · 192nd District
Bud CookSecretary
Republican · 49th District
Democrat · 35th District
Democrat · 179th District
Republican · 111th District
Republican · 81st District
Democrat · 103rd District
Democrat · 114th District
Democrat · 133rd District
Democrat · 2nd District
Republican · 40th District
Republican · 57th District
Republican · 48th District
Republican · 39th District
Republican · 168th District
Republican · 87th District
Republican · 79th District
Republican · 62nd District
Republican · 178th District
Democrat · 31st District
Bills
Bills sent to the committee in the 2021–2022 Regular Session.
Bills sent78
2% of the bills the House of Representatives sent to committees
Reported out23%
18 of 78; 60 stopped in committee
Time in committee35 days
most between 12 and 145 days
Amendments offered9
committee amendments
In every session
Each session over its whole term. The 2025–2026 is so far.
2025–202690 bills
reported 32% · typically 15 days, most 7–67 · 6 amendments · 26 members
2023–202466 bills
reported 33% · typically 39 days, most 19–158 · 13 amendments · 25 members
2021–202278 bills
reported 23% · typically 35 days, most 12–145 · 9 amendments · 24 members
2019–202072 bills
reported 28% · typically 45 days, most 13–294 · 13 amendments · 25 members
2017–201869 bills
reported 28% · typically 49 days, most 4–126 · 11 amendments · 26 members
Bills it was sent
Each time a bill was sent to the committee in the 2021–2022 Regular Session, newest first.
78 bills
House Bill 2922 · An Act providing for requirements for insurers relating to property insurance claims in response to damages that arise from a natural disaster.
Sent November 15, 2022 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
House Bill 2884 · An Act requiring physician practices operating as part of an integrated delivery network to meet certain requirements to ensure patient access and consumer choice; and imposing powers and duties on the Insurance Department.
Sent October 24, 2022 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
Senate Bill 1225 · An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in casualty insurance, further providing for coverage for mammographic examinations and diagnostic breast imaging.
Sent October 20, 2022 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
Senate Bill 1330 · An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in casualty insurance, providing for coverage for BRCA-related genetic counseling and testing.
Sent October 20, 2022 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
House Bill 2878 · An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in casualty insurance, providing for insulin coverage.
Sent October 17, 2022 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
House Bill 2848 · An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in casualty insurance, providing for coverage for abortion services.
Sent September 26, 2022 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
House Bill 2842 · An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in casualty insurance, providing for coverage for prostate cancer screening.
Sent September 21, 2022 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
House Bill 2751 · An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in general provisions relating to insurance companies, associations and exchanges, providing for use of genetic information for insurance purposes.
Sent July 13, 2022 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
Senate Bill 676 · An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in financial responsibility, further providing for definitions, for availability, scope and amount of coverage, for request for lower limits of coverage, for coverages in excess of required amounts, for stacking of uninsured and underinsured benefits and option to waive, for notice of available benefits and limits and for availability of uninsured, underinsured, bodily injury liability and property damage coverages and mandatory deductibles.
Sent July 8, 2022 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
Senate Bill 1201 · An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in casualty insurance, providing for coverage for refill of prescription eye drops.
Sent July 8, 2022 · Reported out after 66 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 225 · An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in quality health care accountability and protection, further providing for definitions, for responsibilities of managed care plans, for financial incentives prohibition, for medical gag clause prohibition, for emergency services, for continuity of care, for procedures, for confidentiality, for required disclosure and for internal complaint process, providing for internal complaint process for enrollees, further providing for appeal of complaint, for complaint resolution, for certification and for operational standards, providing for utilization review standards, further providing for internal grievance process, for external grievance process and for records, providing for adverse benefit determinations, further providing for prompt payment of claims, for health care provider and managed care plan protection, for departmental powers and duties and for penalties and sanctions, providing for regulations and further providing for compliance with national accrediting standards and for exceptions; making repeals; and making editorial changes.
Sent June 30, 2022 · Reported out after 82 days · 1 committee amendment, adopted · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 1222 · An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in insurance holding companies, further providing for definitions, for acquisition of control of or merger or consolidation with domestic insurer and for registration of insurers, providing for group capital calculation exemptions, further providing for standards and management of an insurer within an insurance holding company system, for group-wide supervision for international insurance groups and for confidential treatment and providing for compliance with group capital calculation and liquidity stress test requirements; and providing for peer-to-peer carsharing.
Sent June 8, 2022 · Reported out after 12 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 1235 · An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in comprehensive health care for uninsured children, further providing for contracts and coverage packages.
Sent June 8, 2022 · Reported out after 6 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 2605 · An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in casualty insurance, providing for reimbursement for prosthetic devices.
Sent May 20, 2022 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
House Bill 2585 · An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in comprehensive health care for uninsured children, further providing for contracts and coverage packages.
Sent May 6, 2022 · Reported out after 17 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 2522 · An Act providing for wheelchair quality assurance.
Sent May 4, 2022 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
House Bill 2533 · An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in casualty insurance, providing for coverage for pelvic floor therapy.
Sent April 22, 2022 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
House Bill 2499 · An Act amending Title 40 (Insurance) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in regulation of insurers and related persons generally, providing for insurance data security; in reserve liabilities, repealing provisions relating to small company exemption and providing for adoption of exemption standards of NAIC Valuation Manual; and establishing penalties.
Sent April 8, 2022 · Reported out after 157 days · 1 committee amendment, adopted · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 2503 · An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in casualty insurance, providing for peripartum cardiomyopathy diagnostic testing coverage.
Sent April 8, 2022 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
House Bill 2486 · An Act amending the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.738, No.233), known as The Pennsylvania Fair Plan Act, repealing provisions relating to Pennsylvania Civil Disorder Authority and to basic property insurance assessment; and, in miscellaneous, further providing for effective date.
Sent April 5, 2022 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
58 more
House Bill 2454 · An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in casualty insurance, providing for contraceptive coverage.
Sent March 31, 2022 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
House Bill 2419 · An Act amending the act of May 31, 2018 (P.L.123, No.25), known as the Outpatient Psychiatric Oversight Act, further providing for definitions and for requirements.
Sent March 16, 2022 · Reported out after 13 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 2142 · An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in casualty insurance, providing for infertility care coverage.
Sent December 8, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
House Bill 2098 · An Act amending Titles 40 (Insurance) and 74 (Transportation) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in special provisions relating to particular classes of insurers, providing for peer-to-peer car sharing; and, in airport operation and zoning, providing for peer-to-peer car sharing.
Sent November 23, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
House Bill 2072 · An Act providing for payment of delinquent Children's Health Insurance Program premium balances.
Sent November 10, 2021 · Reported out after 5 days · 1 committee amendment, adopted · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 2017 · An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in casualty insurance, providing for coverage for inpatient and outpatient pasteurized donor human milk.
Sent October 27, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
Senate Bill 705 · An Act relating to telemedicine; authorizing the regulation of telemedicine by professional licensing boards; and providing for insurance coverage of telemedicine.
Sent October 27, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 254 days
House Bill 1994 · An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in financial responsibility, further providing for definitions.
Sent October 21, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
House Bill 1918 · An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in financial responsibility, further providing for definitions.
Sent September 27, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
House Bill 1899 · An Act amending Title 40 (Insurance) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for notification requirements for older adult health insurance policies.
Sent September 22, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
Senate Bill 772 · An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in life insurance, further providing for standard nonforfeiture law for individual deferred annuities; and, in suitability of annuity transactions, further providing for definitions, for applicability and scope of article, for duties of insurers and insurance producers, for insurance producer training, for mitigation of responsibility, for recordkeeping and for enforcement.
Sent June 28, 2021 · Reported out after 98 days · 1 committee amendment, adopted · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 1679 · An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in automobile insurance issuance, renewal, cancellation and refusal, providing for policy changes.
Sent June 23, 2021 · Reported out after 145 days · 1 committee amendment, adopted · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 1680 · An Act amending the act of July 22, 1974 (P.L.589, No.205), known as the Unfair Insurance Practices Act, providing for policy changes.
Sent June 23, 2021 · Reported out after 145 days · 1 committee amendment, adopted · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 1665 · An Act amending the act of July 9, 1970 (P.L.484, No.164), entitled "An act relating to indemnification agreements between architects, engineers or surveyors and owners, contractors, subcontractors or suppliers," further providing for title of act and providing for indemnification agreements relating to snow removal or ice control services.
Sent June 21, 2021 · Reported out after 147 days · 1 committee amendment, adopted · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 1664 · An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in casualty insurance, providing for cost-sharing calculation.
Sent June 17, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
House Bill 1654 · An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in casualty insurance, providing for enrolled dependents right to confidentiality for health care services received.
Sent June 16, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
House Bill 1573 · An Act relating to telemedicine; authorizing the regulation of telemedicine by professional licensing boards; and providing for insurance coverage of telemedicine.
Sent June 8, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
House Bill 1562 · An Act amending the act of October 27, 2014 (P.L.2911, No.191), known as the Achieving Better Care by Monitoring All Prescriptions Program (ABC-MAP) Act, further providing for definitions and for access to prescription information.
Sent June 7, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
House Bill 1521 · An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in casualty insurance, further providing for conditions subject to which policies are to be issued and for health insurance coverage for certain children of insured parents.
Sent June 1, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
House Bill 1524 · An Act amending the act of December 15, 1982 (P.L.1291, No.292), known as the Medicare Supplement Insurance Act, further providing for requirements for replacement.
Sent June 1, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
House Bill 1527 · An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in casualty insurance, further providing for coverage for colorectal cancer screening.
Sent June 1, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
House Bill 1368 · An Act amending Title 40 (Insurance) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for on-exchange insurers.
Sent May 10, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
House Bill 1030 · An Act amending Title 40 (Insurance) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for easy enrollment program.
Sent May 5, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
House Bill 1349 · An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.789, No.285), known as The Insurance Department Act of 1921, in insurance producers, further providing for powers and duties of department, for application for insurance producer license, for license renewals and for prohibited acts.
Sent May 5, 2021 · Reported out after 35 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 1293 · An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in casualty insurance, further providing for billing.
Sent April 27, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
House Bill 1221 · An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in casualty insurance, further providing for reimbursement for diabetic supplies.
Sent April 20, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
House Bill 1223 · An Act providing for insurance coverage for business interruption.
Sent April 20, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
House Bill 1083 · An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in financial responsibility, further providing for request for lower limits of coverage, for coverages in excess of required amounts, for stacking of uninsured and underinsured benefits and option to waive, for notice of available benefits and limits and for availability of uninsured, underinsured, bodily injury liability and property damage coverages and mandatory deductibles.
Sent April 5, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
House Bill 225 · An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in quality health care accountability and protection, further providing for definitions, for responsibilities of managed care plans, providing for preauthorization standards and for preauthorization costs, further providing for continuity of care, providing for step therapy, further providing for required disclosure, for operational standards and providing for preauthorization and adverse determinations, for appeals, for access requirements in service areas, for uniform preauthorization form, for preauthorization exemptions and for data collection and reporting; and making an editorial change.
Sent April 1, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
House Bill 947 · An Act amending Title 40 (Insurance) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in regulation of insurers and related persons generally, providing for group market provisions.
Sent March 17, 2021 · Reported out after 91 days · 1 committee amendment, adopted · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 555 · An Act amending Title 40 (Insurance) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in regulation of insurers and related persons generally, providing for association health plans.
Sent March 16, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
House Bill 916 · An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in casualty insurance, providing for coverage for nonopioid pain management care.
Sent March 15, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
House Bill 882 · An Act amending the act of November 21, 2016 (P.L.1318, No.169), known as the Pharmacy Audit Integrity and Transparency Act, in pharmacy benefit manager cost transparency requirements, providing for sharing of cost, benefit and coverage data required.
Sent March 12, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
House Bill 685 · An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in casualty insurance, providing for coverage for epinephrine auto-injectors.
Sent February 26, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
House Bill 695 · An Act providing for short-term limited duration insurance policies, regulations, for fines and penalties and for repeals.
Sent February 26, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
House Bill 550 · An Act amending Title 40 (Insurance) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in regulation of insurers and related persons generally, providing for association health plans.
Sent February 24, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
House Bill 599 · An Act amending the act of July 22, 1974 (P.L.589, No.205), known as the Unfair Insurance Practices Act, further providing for unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices defined.
Sent February 24, 2021 · Reported out after 222 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 617 · An Act requiring health insurance policies to provide coverage for preexposure prophylaxis HIV medication.
Sent February 24, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
House Bill 618 · An Act requiring health insurance policies to provide coverage for postexposure prophylaxis HIV medication.
Sent February 24, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
House Bill 642 · An Act amending Title 40 (Insurance) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for telemedicine, authorizing the regulation of telemedicine by professional licensing boards and providing for insurance coverage of telemedicine.
Sent February 24, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
House Bill 532 · An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in casualty insurance, providing for health insurance coverage for immunizations administered at a pharmacy by a pharmacist.
Sent February 16, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
House Bill 519 · An Act providing for health care insurance coverage protections, for duties of the Insurance Department and the Insurance Commissioner, for regulations, for enforcement and for penalties.
Sent February 11, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
House Bill 493 · An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in casualty insurance, further providing for hearing aid coverage.
Sent February 10, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
House Bill 460 · An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in casualty insurance, providing for insulin coverage.
Sent February 9, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
House Bill 350 · An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in casualty insurance, providing for COVID-19 care coverage.
Sent February 3, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
House Bill 310 · An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in automobile insurance issuance, renewal, cancellation and refusal, further providing for policy premium increases.
Sent January 28, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
House Bill 315 · An Act providing for individual and group health care insurance coverage protections and for core health benefits; imposing penalties; and providing for applicability and for regulations.
Sent January 28, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
House Bill 321 · An Act providing for pharmaceutical transparency; establishing the Pharmaceutical Transparency Review Board and providing for its powers and duties; and establishing the Pharmaceutical Transparency Review Fund.
Sent January 28, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
House Bill 241 · An Act providing for an extension of preauthorization for health care service during disaster emergencies and for enforcement by the Insurance Department.
Sent January 25, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
House Bill 209 · An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in casualty insurance, providing for pharmaceutical cost transparency.
Sent January 22, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
House Bill 203 · An Act providing for living donor protection; and imposing duties on the Department of Health and the Insurance Department.
Sent January 21, 2021 · Reported out after 5 days · 1 committee amendment, adopted · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 162 · An Act prohibiting discrimination in certain insurance policies based on certain drugs.
Sent January 14, 2021 · Reported out after 12 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 167 · An Act providing for insurance coverage for patient costs associated with cancer clinical trials.
Sent January 14, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
House Bill 168 · An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in long-term care, further providing for disclosure and performance standards for long-term care insurance.
Sent January 14, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
House Bill 172 · An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, establishing the Office of Consumer Advocate for Health Insurance as an office within the Office of Attorney General and prescribing its powers and duties; and making editorial changes.
Sent January 14, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
House Bill 173 · An Act amending Title 40 (Insurance) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in special provisions relating to particular classes of insurers, providing for nondiscrimination by payers in health care benefit plans.
Sent January 14, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
House Bill 70 · An Act establishing the Flood Insurance Premium Assistance Task Force.
Sent January 11, 2021 · Reported out after 15 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 98 · An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in casualty insurance, providing for billing eligible insureds for services by out-of-network provider.
Sent January 11, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 0 days