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40 PA Cons Stat § 6309 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 40 - INSURANCE|Chapter 63 - Professional Health Services Plan Corporations|Section 6309 - Penalties

§ 6309. Penalties. Any person who violates any provision of this chapter or of any regulation or order of the Department of Health or of the Insurance Department made pursuant thereto, any person who hinders or prevents the Department of Health or the Insurance Department in the discharge of any duty imposed on it by this chapter, any person who fraudulently procures or attempts to procure any benefit from any professional health service corporation holding a certificate of authority under this chapter, and any person who willfully makes any false statement in any proceeding or report under this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $3,000 or to be imprisoned for not more than six months, or both, in the discretion of the court. Any act or default by any corporation, association, or common law trust, in violation of any provision of this chapter or of any regulation or order of either department made pursuant thereto, shall be deemed to be the act or default of the officers or directors who participated in authorizing or effecting such act or default or who knowingly permitted it.
40 PA Cons Stat § 6310 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 40 - INSURANCE|Chapter 63 - Professional Health Services Plan Corporations|Section 6310 - Enforcement

§ 6310. Enforcement. When necessary to effect the purposes of this chapter, in addition to all other remedies in law or equity, the Insurance Department or the Department of Health, or both, may commence an action in mandamus or for an injunction to prevent any violation of the provisions of this chapter or the continuance of any such violation, or to enforce compliance herewith. Any court having jurisdiction is hereby vested with authority to determine the cause and to issue such process as may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.
40 PA Cons Stat § 6321 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 40 - INSURANCE|Chapter 63 - Professional Health Services Plan Corporations|Section 6321 - Required reserves

§ 6321. Required reserves. A professional health service corporation shall at all times while engaged in business maintain reserves, in such form and amount as the department may determine, to insure its subscribers against loss through the failure of the corporation to provide the services agreed to in its contracts.
40 PA Cons Stat § 6323 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 40 - INSURANCE|Chapter 63 - Professional Health Services Plan Corporations|Section 6323 - Action as agent under Federal and other programs

§ 6323. Action as agent under Federal and other programs.  (a) General rule.--Any professional health service corporation may, with the approval of the department, act as a contracting agency or organization under section 1842 of Title XVIII of the Federal Social Security Act, as amended or supplemented, with power to perform all the services which may be required of a contracting agency or organization thereunder and may perform administrative services similar or related to those which may be required of an agency or organization thereunder in connection with a Federal, State or local governmental health care program and may perform administrative services similar or related to those which may be required of such an agency or organization in connection with or associated with nongovernmental organizations, individuals, groups and agencies in the health care field.  (b) Legislative amendment of stated purposes of existing corporations.--The stated purposes of all existing professional health service corporations are hereby amended so as to include the performance of the activities authorized by subsection (a) of this section.
40 PA Cons Stat § 6324 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 40 - INSURANCE|Chapter 63 - Professional Health Services Plan Corporations|Section 6324 - Rights of health service doctors

§ 6324. Rights of health service doctors.  (a) Admission to plan.--Every health service doctor practicing within the area covered by any professional health service corporation shall have the right, on complying with such regulations as the corporation may make with the approval of the Department of Health, to register with such corporation for such general or special professional health services as he may be licensed to practice, within that area, but the corporation may, with the approval of the Department of Health, refuse to place the name of any health service doctor on its register. Any professional health service corporation may, with the approval of the Department of Health, remove from its register the name of any health service doctor after due notice and opportunity for hearing for cause satisfactory to the corporation. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the discretion of a professional health service corporation to determine the classes or kinds of services that will be covered under its contracts.  (b) Freedom from control.--Subject to the provisions of section 6322(e) of this title (relating to liability of corporation limited), a professional health service corporation shall impose no restrictions on the health service doctors who administer to its subscribers, as to methods of diagnosis or treatment. The relation between a subscriber, or any of his dependents, and the health service doctor shall be identical with the relation that ordinarily exists in the community between a health service doctor and his patient. Subject to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, no person shall be permitted to interfere with the choice or selection by a patient of his health service doctor after that choice or selection has been made by an adult of sound mind.  (c) Disputes.--All matters, disputes, or controversies relating to the professional health services rendered by the health service doctors, or any questions involving professional ethics, shall be considered and determined only by health service doctors as selected in a manner prescribed in the bylaws of the professional health service corporation. (Oct. 9, 2008, P.L.1393, No.108, eff. 120 days)  2008 Amendment. Act 108 amended subsec. (a).
40 PA Cons Stat § 6326 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 40 - INSURANCE|Chapter 63 - Professional Health Services Plan Corporations|Section 6326 - Specifically authorized contract provisions

§ 6326. Specifically authorized contract provisions. A professional health service corporation may, as a condition precedent to entering into a contract with an applicant or group of applicants for professional health service, require any of the following:  (1) A physical examination of the applicant and of each of his dependents, if any, and proof of his or their substantial freedom from any disease or condition requiring immediate professional health service or likely to require it within the next 12 months, before a contract becomes effective.  (2) A waiting period after a contract is entered into and before the subscriber is entitled to professional health service.  (3) An agreement that the subscriber or someone on his behalf shall pay the stated fee or fees for professional health services in the case of any given illness or injury or other condition requiring professional health service, before becoming entitled to treatment under the terms of the contract.  (4) An agreement that, as a condition precedent to payment by the corporation for professional health services performed for the subscriber, the subscriber or someone on his behalf will submit to the corporation such information as is reasonably necessary to enable it to determine the amount of such payment, which information shall be submitted in the form and verified in the manner prescribed by the corporation.  (5) An agreement that any rights of the subscriber to receive services or payments under his contract with the corporation are personal to the subscriber and may not be assigned.
40 PA Cons Stat § 6327 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 40 - INSURANCE|Chapter 63 - Professional Health Services Plan Corporations|Section 6327 - Subscriptions provided for persons on relief

§ 6327. Subscriptions provided for persons on relief. Every government agency which is charged by law with the duty of providing professional health services for persons unable to provide it at their own expense or to procure it through persons to whose support and assistance they are by law entitled, is hereby empowered, in the exercise of its authority, to provide any such service if, in the judgment of the agency, it is in the public interest so to do, through a subscription or subscriptions, paid for from any lawfully available public funds, with any professional health service corporation on behalf of any person or persons entitled to such relief.
40 PA Cons Stat § 6328 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 40 - INSURANCE|Chapter 63 - Professional Health Services Plan Corporations|Section 6328 - Board of directors

§ 6328. Board of directors. (a) Professional health service corporations generally.--The business of every professional health service corporation, except a general medical service corporation, shall be managed by a board of directors of at least nine persons, all of whom shall be residents of this Commonwealth.  (b) General medical service corporation.-- (1) A general medical service corporation shall be managed by a board of not less than 21, nor more than 36 members, all of whom shall be residents of this Commonwealth, and at no time shall the board be less than 50% subscribers who have coverage under a contract issued by the corporation, and who are generally representative of broad segments of subscribers covered under contracts issued by such corporation, whose background and experience indicate that they are qualified to act in the interests of such subscribers and who or whose spouse does not derive substantial income from the delivery or administration of health care.  (2) The bylaws of every general medical service corporation shall provide appropriate procedures for the nomination and election or appointment of the directors of the corporation and the nomination and election or appointment of committees of the board in such a manner that the interests of the subscribers of the corporation will be justly and reasonably represented.  (3) All directors of the corporation shall be members of the corporation. (4) A health service doctor, who provides professional health services for the corporation's subscribers, may be a director but in no event shall be counted among the directors who represent subscribers.  (5) Every general medical service corporation shall within six months of the effective date of this act submit for review by the Insurance Commissioner and the Secretary of Health bylaws meeting the standards of this section. Whenever a general medical service corporation changes its bylaws, said change shall be submitted within 30 days to the commissioner and secretary for their review to determine whether such changes meet statutory standards of this section.  (6) In the event that the Insurance Commissioner or the Secretary of Health find, after notice to the corporation and hearing, that a general medical service corporation has not met the requirements of this section, the commissioner or secretary shall notify the corporation of the findings and order the corporation, in specific terms, to meet the requirements of this section. Such findings and order shall be subject to judicial review in the manner and within the time provided by law.   (Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53, eff. 60 days; Oct. 4, 1978, P.L.1001, No.211, eff. imd.)
40 PA Cons Stat § 6329 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 40 - INSURANCE|Chapter 63 - Professional Health Services Plan Corporations|Section 6329 - Rates and contracts

 § 6329. Rates and contracts. (a) General rule.--All rates charged subscribers or groups of subscribers by any professional health service corporation, and the form and content of all contracts between any such corporation and its subscribers or groups of subscribers, all methods and rates of payment by such corporation to health service doctors serving its subscribers, all acquisition costs in procuring subscribers, the reserves to be maintained by such corporation, and all contracts entered into by any such corporation and extending over a period of more than one year or calling for the expenditure by the corporation of any amount in excess of 20% of its reserves, shall be approved by the department before they become effective.  (b) Procedure.--Every application for such approval shall be made to the department in writing and shall be subject to the provisions of subsections (c) through (f) of section 6102 of this title (relating to certification of hospital plan corporations), except that the department may substitute publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin of notice of reasonable opportunity to submit written comments for publication of opportunity for hearing in any case where the right to an oral hearing is not conferred by the Constitution of the United States or the Constitution of Pennsylvania. Within 60 days after the filing of the application the department shall approve or refuse such application.    1996 Partial Repeal. Section 14 of Act 159 of 1996, known as the Accident and Health Filing Reform Act, provided that subsec. (a) is repealed insofar as it provides for the approval of rates and contracts.  References in Text. Section 14 of Act 159 of 1996, known as the Accident and Health Filing Reform Act, was renumbered 5101 by the act of December 22, 2011, P.L.614, No.134.
40 PA Cons Stat § 6330 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 40 - INSURANCE|Chapter 63 - Professional Health Services Plan Corporations|Section 6330 - Investment of funds

§ 6330. Investment of funds. Any statute to the contrary notwithstanding, funds of any professional health service corporation, equal to its reserves, shall be invested in compliance with the requirements of law for the investment of the capital and reserves of life insurance companies. The funds of any such corporation, equal to its surplus, shall be invested in compliance with the requirements of law for the investment of the surplus of life insurance companies.
40 PA Cons Stat § 6331 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 40 - INSURANCE|Chapter 63 - Professional Health Services Plan Corporations|Section 6331 - Reports and examinations

§ 6331. Reports and examinations.  (a) Annual report.--Every professional health service corporation shall, on or before March 1 of each year, file with the department a statement, verified by at least two of the principal officers of the corporation, summarizing its financial activities during the preceding calendar year, and showing its financial condition at the end of that year. Such statement shall be in such form, and shall contain such matters, as the department shall prescribe.  (b) Examination and special reports.--Every professional health service corporation shall be subject to examination not less frequently than once in every three years by the department and its agents, who shall have free access to all the books, records, papers and documents that relate to the business of the corporation, and the power to examine the officers, agents, employees, and subscribers for the professional health services of the corporation, and all health service doctors registered with the corporation, and all other persons having or having had substantial part in the work of the corporation, in relation to its affairs, transactions, and financial condition. Such examination shall be made at such times as the department shall deem necessary. The department may, at any time, without making such examination, call on any such corporation for a written report, authenticated by at least two of its principal officers, concerning the financial affairs and status of the corporation.
40 PA Cons Stat § 6332 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 40 - INSURANCE|Chapter 63 - Professional Health Services Plan Corporations|Section 6332 - Regulation by Department of Health

§ 6332. Regulation by Department of Health.  (a) Annual reports.--Every professional health service corporation shall, on or before March 1 of each year, file with the Department of Health a report of its activities, other than its financial activities, during the preceding calendar year. Every such report shall be verified by at least two of the principal officers of the corporation and shall be in such form, and shall contain such matter, as the Department of Health shall prescribe. The Department of Health is hereby authorized to inquire into the activities of every professional health service corporation and to determine whether the corporation is providing adequate professional health services to its subscribers in accordance with the best professional health service practice in the community.  (b) Examination and special reports.--The Department of Health and its agents shall have free access to all the books, records, papers and documents that relate to the business of the corporation, other than financial, and the power to examine the officers, agents, employees, and subscribers for the professional health services of the corporation, and all health service doctors registered with the corporation, and all other persons having or having had substantial part in the work of the corporation, in relation to its affairs, transactions, and condition of the corporation, other than financial. Such examinations shall be made at such times as the Department of Health shall deem necessary. The Department of Health may, at any time, without making such examination, call on any such corporation for a written report, authenticated by at least two of its principal officers, concerning the affairs of the corporation other than its financial affairs.  (c) Extension or improvement of service pursuant to order.-- In the event the Department of Health finds that a professional health service corporation does not provide adequate professional health services to its subscribers in accordance with the best professional health service practice in the community, the Department of Health may notify the corporation of its findings and order the corporation, in specific terms, to extend or improve the professional health services furnished by the corporation. Such order shall be entered after notice and opportunity for hearing and shall be subject to judicial review in the manner and within the time provided by law.
40 PA Cons Stat § 6333 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 40 - INSURANCE|Chapter 63 - Professional Health Services Plan Corporations|Section 6333 - Dental service agents

§ 6333. Dental service agents. Any dental service corporation may select any person to act as its agent in the performance of any of its functions.
40 PA Cons Stat § 6334 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 40 - INSURANCE|Chapter 63 - Professional Health Services Plan Corporations|Section 6334 - Dissolution or liquidation

§ 6334. Dissolution or liquidation. No professional health service corporation shall be dissolved under the provisions of Title 15 (relating to corporations and unincorporated associations) or under any other provision of law, except with the prior approval of the department. Articles of dissolution for a professional health service corporation filed in the Department of State, whether pursuant to a decree of court liquidating the corporation or otherwise, shall not be effective unless and until approved by the Insurance Department. Any dissolution or liquidation of a professional health service corporation shall be under the supervision of the Insurance Department which shall have all powers with respect thereto granted to it under the laws of this Commonwealth governing the dissolution or liquidation of insurance companies.
40 PA Cons Stat § 6335 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 40 - INSURANCE|Chapter 63 - Professional Health Services Plan Corporations|Section 6335 - Ancillary health services

§ 6335. Ancillary health services. Anything in this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, a professional health service corporation may provide ancillary health services through ancillary health service providers. An ancillary health service provider may register with a professional health service corporation as a participating provider and continue as such upon complying with such regulations as the corporation may make with the approval of the Department of Health. (Nov. 17, 1982, P.L.681, No.193, eff. 60 days)  1982 Amendment. Act 193 added section 6335.
40 PA Cons Stat § 6701 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 40 - INSURANCE|Chapter 67 - Beneficial Societies|Section 6701 - Regulation

§ 6701. Regulation. All beneficial societies or associations not subject to regulation under Chapter 65 of this title (relating to fraternal benefit societies), transacting any class of insurance, shall file with the department copies of their charter, constitution, and laws and annually make a report in such form as the department may require, showing their condition and standing at the end of the preceding calendar year, and of their transactions for such year, and the department may at any time make an examination of the books and accounts of any such society.    References in Text. Chapter 65, referred to in this section, is repealed. The subject matter is now contained in Article XXIV of the act of May 17, 1921, P.L.682, No.284, known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921.
40 PA Cons Stat § 7101 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 40 - INSURANCE|Chapter 71 - Reserve Liabilities|Section 7101 - Scope of chapter

§ 7101. Scope of chapter. This chapter relates to standards for the valuation of reserve liabilities for life insurance, accident and health insurance and deposit-type contracts depending on their date of issuance.