
Pennsylvania Health Insurance Right of Conscience Act (HB 1051)
This law was last updated on Oct 12, 2016
Number
HB 1051
Status
Failed to Pass
Proposed
Mar 25, 2013
Sponsors
Co-sponsors: 21
Primary Sponsors: 1
Total Sponsors: 22
Full Bill Text
HB 1051 states that private employers who offer individual or group health insurance plans may not provide coverage for contraceptive methods, sterilization procedures, or abortifacient drugs or devices unless the subscriber or enrollee in the policy requests such coverage.
The purpose of this bill would have been to “protect Pennsylvania employers from having to provide coverage for birth control, early abortion pills and sterilization operations if against their conscience.”
STATUS
Died in the Health Committee. This bill was part of a package of bills that included HB 1049 and HB 1050.
People
Co-sponsor
- Nicholas A. Micozzie
- Gordon Denlinger
- Stephen Barrar
- David R. Millard
- Doyle Heffley
- Jerry Stern
- Timothy Krieger
- Bryan Cutler
- Will Tallman
- RoseMarie Swanger
- Rick Saccone
- Kathy L. Rapp
- John A. Lawrence
- Jerry Knowles
- Rob W. Kauffman
- C. Adam Harris
- Mark M. Gillen
- Paul I. Clymer
- Stephen Bloom
- Ryan P. Aument
- Jim Cox
Primary Sponsor
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