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§ 908-15. Penalties

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 40 P.S. InsuranceEffective: March 22, 2010

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 40 P.S. Insurance (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 2. Insurance Companies (Refs & Annos)
Article VI-B. Health Insurance Coverage Parity and Nondiscrimination (Refs & Annos)
Effective: March 22, 2010
40 P.S. § 908-15
§ 908-15. Penalties
Currentness
(a) General rule.--Upon satisfactory evidence of a violation of this article by any insurer or other person, the commissioner may, in the commissioner's discretion, pursue any one of the following courses of action:
(1) Suspend, revoke or refuse to renew the license of the offending person.
(2) Enter a cease and desist order.
(3) Impose a civil penalty of not more than $5,000 for each action in violation of this article.
(4) Impose a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 for each action in willful violation of this article.
(b) Limitation.--Penalties imposed against a person under this article and under section 5 of the act of June 25, 1997 (P.L. 295, No. 29),1 known as the Pennsylvania Health Care Insurance Portability Act, shall not exceed $500,000 in the aggregate during a single calendar year.

Credits

1921, May 17, P.L. 682, No. 284, art. VI-B, § 605-B, added 2010, March 22, P.L. 147, No. 14, § 2, imd. effective.

Footnotes

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40 P.S. § 1302.5.
40 P.S. § 908-15, PA ST 40 P.S. § 908-15
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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