Scot Chadwick, Director of Legislative Affairs for the Pennsylvania Medical Society, gave me an update on House Bill 1538 (discussed in the last post).  He tells me “we anticipate that the House Insurance Committee will hold a hearing on the bill sometime this year.”

To see the current language of the bill, go to http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2009&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billnbr=1538&pn=1904