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that the Insurance Commissioner notify the state legislature if federal laws protecting against such limits are repealed or invalidated.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
139–40
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 180
Oct 9, 2024
D
Democratic89
100% Yea
R
Republican91
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
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Dan Frankel
DDemocratic
Co
Arvind Venkat
DDemocratic
Co
Bob Freeman
DDemocratic
Co
Carol Hill-Evans
DDemocratic
Co
Chris Pielli
DDemocratic
Co
Dave Madsen
DDemocratic
Co
Jeanne McNeill
DDemocratic
Co
Joe Ciresi
DDemocratic
Co
Joe Webster
DDemocratic
Co
JG
José Giral
DDemocratic
Co
Kristine Howard
DDemocratic
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