Bills Made Law Oct. 25

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett has these bills into law reports the Pennsylvania House Republican blog.

House Bill 493 – Amends Capital Facilities Debt Enabling Act, changing the definition of a capital project and reducing the size of the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP). The bill also establishes process by which RACP projects are approved by the Governor’s Budget Office. The bill reduces the RACP debt ceiling from  $4.05 billion to $3.45 billion.

House Bill 1481– Amends the Insurance Company Law, bringing Pennsylvania’s insurance laws fully into compliance with the Uniform Electronic Transaction Act and requiring insurers to maintain a risk management framework and complete an Own Risk Solvency Assessment to prospectively asses the risks associated with an insurer’s business plan.

House Bill 1483 – Amends the Portable Electronics Insurance Act, permitting an insurer to terminate a customer’s enrollment under a portable electronics insurance policy upon 30 days’ notice for nonpayment of a premium and requiring an insurer to provide at least 60 days’ notice to vendor policyholders and insured customers when terminating or altering a portable electronics insurance policy.

Senate Bill 379 – Enacting the Benevolent Gesture Medical Professional Liability Act, prohibiting benevolent gestures made by professionals from being admitted as evidence of liability in a subsequent medical malpractice proceeding.

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