Boyle bill protects access to mental health screenings and other preventive health care

Rep. Kevin Boyle    June 12, 2023 | 2:24 PM

HARRISBURG, June 12 – Today, H.B. 1050, introduced by PA House Insurance Committee Chair Kevin Boyle, D-Phila., passed the House Insurance Committee and will head to the House floor for consideration.

This bill would require health insurers to cover preventative health care services including mental health treatment without cost-sharing.

A similar law is part of the federal Affordable Care Act, which gives Americans access to no-cost preventive health care. But earlier this year, a judge in Texas struck down that part of the Affordable Care Act. If appeals are unsuccessful, millions of Pennsylvanians could lose access to potentially life-saving preventative health care such as cancer screenings, depression and anxiety screenings, multiple vaccines, and annual well-woman visits.

Boyle’s legislation would protect Pennsylvanians regardless of what the federal courts do.

“We must ensure all Pennsylvanians have access to life-saving preventive health care without having to pay a copay, coinsurance or deductible,” Boyle said. “It’s good to see this bill pass the Insurance Committee, now I hope to see my colleagues do right by the people of Pennsylvania and pass it out of the House.”   

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