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PA HB1284
PA HB1284In comprehensive health care for uninsured children, further providing for contracts and coverage packages and providing for frenectomy services required.
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Introduced
04/22/2025
04/22/2025
In Committee
04/22/2025
04/22/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
Introduced Session
2025-2026 Regular Session
Bill Summary
Amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), entitled "An act relating to insurance; amending, revising, and consolidating the law providing for the incorporation of insurance companies, and the regulation, supervision, and protection of home and foreign insurance companies, Lloyds associations, reciprocal and inter-insurance exchanges, and fire insurance rating bureaus, and the regulation and supervision of insurance carried by such companies, associations, and exchanges, including insurance carried by the State Workmen's Insurance Fund; providing penalties; and repealing existing laws," in comprehensive health care for uninsured children, further providing for contracts and coverage packages and providing for frenectomy services required.
AI Summary
This bill amends the Insurance Company Law of 1921 to expand dental coverage for children with state-sponsored health insurance. Specifically, the bill requires that dental coverage packages include frenectomy services, which are surgical procedures to treat lip-ties or tongue-ties that can impact a child's ability to breastfeed, speak, or eat. The bill mandates that dental providers who contract with state insurers must offer these procedures as a routine covered service, and clarifies that while these procedures are included in the minimum coverage, orthodontia and cosmetic surgery are not. The coverage is subject to federal approval and must not conflict with existing federal laws or regulations. The provisions will take effect 60 days after the bill's passage, ensuring that children with state-sponsored health insurance will have access to these important dental procedures that can address potential functional issues in their oral health.
Committee Categories
Business and Industry
Sponsors (16)
Carol Hill-Evans (D)*,
Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (D),
Missy Cerrato (D),
Bob Freeman (D),
José Giral (D),
Roni Green (D),
Nancy Guenst (D),
Tarik Khan (D),
Maureen Madden (D),
Danielle Otten (D),
Chris Pielli (D),
Nikki Rivera (D),
Ben Sanchez (D),
Melissa Shusterman (D),
Ben Waxman (D),
Dan Williams (D),
Last Action
Referred to Insurance (on 04/22/2025)
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