Pennsylvania legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Pennsylvania HB2779: An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in casualty insurance, providing for insurance coverage of cortical visual impairment testing.
Status: In committee, September 18, 2026
What the bill says
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…
From the introduced text, September 18, 2026:
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 casualty insurance, providing for insurance coverage of cortical visual impairment testing. The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows: Section 1. The act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, is amended by adding a section to read: Section 635.11. Insurance Coverage of Cortical Visual Impairment Testing.--(a) A health insurance policy offered, issued or renewed in this Commonwealth shall provide coverage for CVI testing in children. (b) The coverage required under this section shall be subject to the terms and conditions of a health insurance policy, including provisions relating to medical necessity, cost-sharing and utilization review. (c) As used in this section, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "Cortical visual impairment" or "CVI" means a condition that causes vision loss due to brain …