HB 535 Pennsylvania House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

An Act providing for health care insurance coverage protections; imposing duties on the Insurance Department and the Insurance Commissioner; and imposing penalties.

HB 535 bans Pennsylvania health insurers from setting annual or lifetime dollar limits on core health benefits for enrollees, whether services are provided by in-network or out-of-network providers. It applies to all individual and group health insurance policies (excluding specific types like Medicare supplements or dental/vision-only plans) and prohibits limits on benefits that were already covered without such caps in 2025 policies. The Insurance Department can enforce this through fines up to $5,000 per violation (or $10,000 for willful violations), with annual caps of $500,000 for insurers. The law does not require coverage of specific benefits but eliminates existing dollar limit practices for covered services.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 10, 2025 Last action Mar 25, 2025
Floor votes · House Mar 25, 2025

How they voted

12181
Passed
Total votes 202
Mar 25, 2025
D Democratic101
101 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican101
20 Yea 81 Nay
80% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
10
Key actions
3
Committee
5
Mar 25, 2025
Committee
Referred to Banking & Insurance
upper
Mar 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
lower
Mar 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
Re-reported as committed
lower
Mar 24, 2025
Committee
Re-committed to Appropriations
lower
Mar 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported as committed
lower
Feb 10, 2025
Committee
Referred to Insurance
lower
1 primary · 27 co-sponsors

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