Pennsylvania § 6329 Rates and contracts

Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 6329 — Rates and contracts

Pennsylvania § 6329

JurisdictionPennsylvania

Title 40INSURANCE

PartPART III

Ch. 63PROFESSIONAL HEALTH SERVICES PLAN

Subch.REGULATION GENERALLY

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Bluebook

40 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 6329 (2026).

Text

(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 w

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(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.

Legislative History

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.