Bill Text: PA HB2535 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for definitions and for scope of service.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-4)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-09-22 - Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS [HB2535 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB2535-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 3772
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2535 Session of2010
INTRODUCED BY STURLA, BISHOP, BRENNAN, BRIGGS, CALTAGIRONE, COHEN, DALEY, DeLUCA, FREEMAN, GEIST, JOSEPHS, KULA, MUNDY, MURT, M. O'BRIEN, PYLE, READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROEBUCK, SANTONI, SIPTROTH, THOMAS AND YOUNGBLOOD, MAY 21, 2010
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE, MAY 21, 2010
AN ACT
Amending Title 40 (Insurance) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, further providing for definitions and for scope of
service.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The definition of "health service doctor" in
section 6302(a) of Title 40 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended and the subsection is amended by adding a
definition to read:
§ 6302. Definitions.
(a) General rule.--The following words and phrases when used
in this chapter shall have, unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise, the meanings given to them in this section:
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"Health service doctor." Any health care professional duly
licensed or certified under Commonwealth statute regulating a
particular branch of health care practice, including, but not
limited to, doctor of dental surgery, doctor of medicine, doctor
of optometry, doctor of osteopathy, doctor of podiatry, doctor
of chiropractic, licensed physical therapist, licensed clinical
social worker, licensed occupational therapist, licensed
marriage and family therapist, licensed professional counselor,
certified registered nurse anesthetist, certified registered
nurse practitioner, certified enterostomal therapy nurse,
certified community health nurse, certified psychiatric mental
health nurse, certified clinical nurse specialist, licensed
psychologist, licensed dietitian-nutritionist, licensed speech-
language pathologist, licensed audiologist or licensed teacher
of persons who are hearing impaired.
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"Nutrition therapy services." The general and usual services
rendered and care administered by licensed dietitian-
nutritionists, as defined by the "practice of dietetics-
nutrition" in the act of May 22, 1951 (P.L.317, No.69), known as
The Professional Nursing Law.
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Section 2. Section 6322(f) of Title 40 is amended to read:
§ 6322. Scope of service.
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(f) Legislative amendment of stated purposes of existing
corporations.--The stated purposes of all existing general
medical service corporations are hereby amended so as to include
the furnishing of osteopathic, dental, optometric, podiatry,
chiropractic, physical therapy, clinical social work,
occupational therapy, psychological, nutrition therapy, speech-
language pathology and audiology services and the services of
teachers of persons who are hearing impaired through doctors of
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osteopathy, dentistry, optometry, podiatry and chiropractic and
through licensed physical therapists, licensed clinical social
workers, licensed marriage and family therapists, licensed
occupational therapists, licensed professional counselors,
psychologists, licensed dietitian-nutritionists, speech-language
pathologists, audiologists and teachers of persons who are
hearing impaired, respectively.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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