HB 2562 Pennsylvania House · 2023-2024 Regular Session

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.

This Pennsylvania bill, known as the Health Insurance Protection Against Limitations Act, requires health insurers to remove annual and lifetime dollar limits on core medical benefits for both individual and group plans. The law specifically applies to policies that were first offered or issued in the state in 2024, ensuring that essential services are not capped over time. To enforce these rules, the Insurance Department is authorized to create regulations and impose penalties, including fines up to $500,000 for insurers, on companies that violate the coverage protections. Additionally, the bill mandates that the Insurance Commissioner notify the state legislature if federal laws protecting against such limits are repealed or invalidated.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Sep 2024
Committee Review
Oct 2024
House Passage
Oct 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Sep 11, 2024 Last action Oct 18, 2024
Floor votes · House Oct 9, 2024

How they voted

13940
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 180
Oct 9, 2024
D Democratic89
89 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican91
50 Yea 40 Nay 1
54% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
10
Key actions
3
Committee
5
Oct 18, 2024
Committee
Referred to Banking & Insurance
upper
Oct 9, 2024
Lower · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
lower
Oct 9, 2024
Lower · Passed
Re-reported as committed
lower
Oct 8, 2024
Committee
Re-committed to Appropriations
lower
Sep 30, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported as committed
lower
Sep 11, 2024
Committee
Referred to Insurance
lower
1 primary · 14 co-sponsors

Sponsors