Banking & Insurance

Senate Bill 1148 · An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in surplus lines, providing for surplus lines fees and further providing for monthly reports.

Sent April 22, 2024 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

House Bill 1664 · An Act amending Title 40 (Insurance) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in regulation of insurers and related persons generally, providing for payment choice and for electronic notice of insurance practices; and imposing penalties.

Sent April 17, 2024 · Reported out after 55 days · 1 committee amendment, adopted · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 1130 · 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 5, 2024 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Senate Bill 1084 · An Act amending Titles 13 (Commercial Code) and 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, extensively revising the Uniform Commercial Code to accommodate emerging technologies utilized in commercial transactions: In general provisions: Further providing for general definitions, for value, for territorial applicability and parties' power to choose applicable law and for waiver or renunciation of claim or right after breach. In sales: Further providing for scope and certain security and other transactions excluded from division, for definitions of "contract," "agreement," "contract for sale," "sale," "present sale," "conforming" to contract, "termination" and "cancellation," for formal requirements and statute of frauds, for final written expression and parol or extrinsic evidence, for seals inoperative, for firm offers and for modification, rescission and waiver. In leases: Further providing for scope, for definitions and index of definitions, for waiver or renunciation of claim or right after default, for statute of frauds, for final written expression and parol or extrinsic evidence, for seals inoperative, for firm offers, for modification, rescission and waiver and for exclusion or modification of warranties. In negotiable instruments: Further providing for negotiable instrument, for issue of instrument, for signature and for discharge by cancellation or renunciation. In funds transfers: Further providing for payment order and definitions, for security procedure, for authorized and verified payment orders, for unenforceability of certain verified payment orders, for misdescription of beneficiary, for misdescription of intermediary bank or beneficiary's bank, for rejection of payment order, for cancellation and amendment of payment order and for liability for late or improper execution or failure to execute payment order. In letters of credit: Further providing for formal requirements and for choice of law and forum. In warehouse receipts, bills of lading and other documents of title: Further providing for definitions and index of definitions and for control of electronic document of title. In investment securities: Further providing for definitions, for rules for determining whether certain obligations and interests are securities or financial assets, for control, for applicability and choice of law and for protected purchaser. In secured transactions: Further providing for definitions and index of definitions, for control of deposit account and for control of electronic chattel paper. Providing for control of controllable electronic record, controllable account or controllable payment intangible. Further providing for attachment and enforceability of security interest, proceeds, supporting obligations and formal requisites, for after-acquired property and future advances, for rights and duties of secured party having possession or control of collateral, for additional duties of secured party having control of collateral, for duties of secured party if account debtor has been notified of assignment, for request for accounting and request regarding list of collateral or statement of account, for law governing perfection and priority of security interests, for law governing perfection and priority of security interests in deposit accounts and for law governing perfection and priority of security interests in investment property. Providing for law governing perfection and priority of security interests in chattel paper and for law governing perfection and priority of security interests in controllable accounts, controllable electronic records and controllable payment intangibles. Further providing for when filing required to perfect security interest or agricultural lien and security interests and agricultural liens to which filing provisions do not apply, for perfection of security interests in chattel paper, deposit accounts, documents, goods covered by documents, instruments, investment property, letter-of-credit rights and money, perfection by permissive filing and temporary perfection without filing or transfer of possession, for when possession by or delivery to secured party perfects security interest without filing and for perfection by control. Providing for perfection by possession and control of chattel paper. Further providing for effect of change in governing law, for interests which take priority over or take free of security interest or agricultural lien, for priorities among conflicting security interests in and agricultural liens on same collateral, for future advances and for priority of purchase-money security interests. Providing for priority of security interest in controllable account, controllable electronic record and controllable payment intangible. Further providing for priority of purchaser of chattel paper or instrument, for priority of rights of purchasers of instruments, documents and securities under other divisions, priority of interests in financial assets and security entitlements under Division 8, for transfer of money and transfer of funds from deposit account, for priority of security interests in fixtures and crops, for bank's rights and duties with respect to deposit account, for rights acquired by assignee and claims and defenses against assignee, for discharge of account debtor, notification of assignment, identification and proof of assignment, restrictions on assignment of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles and promissory notes ineffective, for restrictions on assignment of promissory notes, health-care-insurance receivables and certain general intangibles ineffective, for persons entitled to file a record, for termination statement, for rights after default, judicial enforcement and consignor or buyer of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles or promissory notes, for unknown debtor or secondary obligor, for application of proceeds of collection or enforcement and liability for deficiency and right to surplus, for notification before disposition of collateral, for contents and form of notification before disposition of collateral, general, for contents and form of notification before disposition of collateral, consumer-goods transaction, for application of proceeds of disposition and liability for deficiency and right to surplus, for explanation of calculation of surplus or deficiency, for transfer of record or legal title, for acceptance of collateral in full or partial satisfaction of obligation and compulsory disposition of collateral, for notification of proposal to accept collateral, for waiver and for nonliability and limitation on liability of secured party and liability of secondary obligor. In controllable electronic records: Providing for short title of division, for definitions, for relation to Division 9 and consumer laws, for rights in controllable account, controllable electronic record and controllable payment intangible, for control of controllable electronic record, for discharge of account debtor on controllable account or controllable payment intangible and for governing law. Providing for transition. In decedents, estates and fiduciaries, in powers of attorney: Further providing for authority that requires specific and general grant of authority. Making editorial changes.

Sent March 22, 2024 · Reported out after 46 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 1092 · An Act amending Title 40 (Insurance) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in regulation of insurers and related persons generally, providing for rebates and inducements; and making repeals.

Sent March 11, 2024 · Reported out after 29 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 1094 · 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 postacute neurorehabilitation.

Sent March 11, 2024 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

House Bill 1585 · An Act providing for teledentistry; authorizing the regulation of teledentistry by the board; and providing for insurance coverage of teledentistry.

Sent January 5, 2024 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

House Bill 1580 · An Act amending the act of May 15, 1933 (P.L.565, No.111), known as the Department of Banking and Securities Code, in jurisdiction and maintenance of department, further providing for general scope of supervision and exercise of discretion.

Sent November 28, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Senate Bill 967 · An Act establishing portable benefits and protections for app-based workers.

Sent November 21, 2023 · Reported out after 301 days · 1 committee amendment, adopted · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 938 · An Act amending the act of March 20, 2002 (P.L.154, No.13), known as the Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error (Mcare) Act, in insurance, providing for adverse actions against legal reproductive health care.

Sent October 3, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 265 days

Senate Bill 954 · 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 biomarker testing.

Sent October 3, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 266 days

Senate Bill 943 · An Act amending the act of May 31, 2018 (P.L.125, No.26), known as the Travel Insurance Modernization Act, providing for scope and purpose; further providing for definitions, for licensure of limited lines travel insurance producers, for requirements for sale of travel insurance and for policy; and providing for travel protection plans, for sales practices, for travel administrators, for filing classification and for regulations.

Sent September 28, 2023 · Reported out after 26 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 901 · An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in financial responsibility, further providing for availability, scope and amount of coverage, repealing provisions relating to request for lower limits of coverage, providing for offer of lower limits of coverage, repealing provisions relating to coverages in excess of required amounts and to stacking of uninsured and underinsured benefits and option to waive, providing for stacking of uninsured and underinsured benefits prohibited and further providing for notice of available benefits and limits and for availability of uninsured, underinsured, bodily injury liability and property damage coverages and mandatory deductibles.

Sent September 7, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Senate Bill 877 · An Act amending Title 40 (Insurance) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in regulation of insurers and related persons generally, providing for disclosure of addiction treatment coverage and for administrative penalties.

Sent August 16, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 266 days

Senate Bill 878 · An Act amending Title 40 (Insurance) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in regulation of insurers and related persons generally, providing for addiction treatment services information collection and reporting.

Sent August 16, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Senate Bill 879 · An Act amending Title 40 (Insurance) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in mental health parity and access to addiction treatment, further providing for scope of chapter, for definitions and for annual attestation.

Sent August 16, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

House Bill 1050 · An Act providing for health care insurance preventive services coverage protections; conferring authority on the Insurance Department and the Insurance Commissioner; and providing for regulations, for enforcement and for penalties.

Sent June 30, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Senate Bill 797 · An Act amending Title 13 (Commercial Code) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general definitions and principles of interpretation, further providing for general definitions.

Sent June 26, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Senate Bill 739 · An Act amending Title 40 (Insurance) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in regulation of insurers and related persons generally, providing for telemedicine.

Sent June 2, 2023 · Reported out after 25 days · 1 committee amendment, adopted · then passed the Senate, and became law

House Bill 735 · An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, in Commonwealth budget procedures, providing for scope and for definitions; providing for Flood Insurance Premium Assistance Task Force; in powers and duties of Department of Human Services and its departmental administrative and advisory boards and commissions, providing for child support enforcement fees; and, in judicial administration, providing for surcharge and fee.

Sent May 15, 2023 · Reported out after 43 days · 1 committee amendment, adopted · then passed the Senate, and became law

House Bill 739 · 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 imposing penalties.

Sent May 15, 2023 · Reported out after 21 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 673 · 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 pasteurized donor human milk and human milk-derived products.

Sent May 15, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Senate Bill 696 · An Act providing for pharmaceutical transparency; establishing the Pharmaceutical Transparency Review Board and providing for its powers and duties; establishing the Pharmaceutical Transparency Review Fund; and imposing a penalty.

Sent May 15, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Senate Bill 50 · 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 May 11, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Senate Bill 51 · 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 May 11, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Senate Bill 52 · 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 May 11, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 333 days

Senate Bill 638 · 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 May 1, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Senate Bill 602 · 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 April 17, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Senate Bill 474 · An Act amending the act of December 16, 1992 (P.L.1144, No.150), known as the Credit Services Act, further providing for prohibited activities.

Sent March 31, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Senate Bill 541 · An Act requiring health insurance policies to provide coverage for preexposure prophylaxis HIV medication.

Sent March 28, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Senate Bill 542 · An Act requiring health insurance policies to provide coverage for postexposure prophylaxis HIV medication.

Sent March 28, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Senate Bill 544 · 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 anti-obesity treatments; and abrogating a regulation.

Sent March 28, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Senate Bill 519 · An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in uniform health insurance claim form, further providing for forms for health insurance claims.

Sent March 15, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Senate Bill 440 · 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 March 14, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Senate Bill 442 · An Act establishing the Flood Insurance Premium Assistance Task Force.

Sent March 14, 2023 · Reported out after 105 days · 1 committee amendment, adopted · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 475 · 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 infertility treatment.

Sent March 14, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Senate Bill 498 · An Act amending Title 7 (Banks and Banking) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for community reinvestment, for community reinvestment by banks and for community reinvestment by nonbank entities.

Sent March 14, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 447 days

Senate Bill 504 · 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 6, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Senate Bill 372 · 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 February 21, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Senate Bill 8 · 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 and providing for coverage for BRCA-related genetic counseling and genetic testing.

Sent February 14, 2023 · Reported out after 14 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 348 · 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 10, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Senate Bill 294 · 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 eating disorder treatment.

Sent January 31, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 463 days

Senate Bill 62 · An Act amending the act of September 27, 1961 (P.L.1700, No.699), known as the Pharmacy Act, providing for price disclosure.

Sent January 30, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 0 days