Pennsylvania SB 1398: An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, establishing the Firefighter Cancer Screening Program and the Firefighter Cancer Screening Fund; and, in special funds, further providing for disposition of Budget Stabilization Reserve Fund.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 1845
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 1398
Session of
2026
INTRODUCED BY BARTOLOTTA, PICOZZI, MASTRIANO, HAYWOOD, KANE,
PENNYCUICK, BROOKS, YAW AND FARRY, JUNE 25, 2026
REFERRED TO BANKING AND INSURANCE, JUNE 25, 2026
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled
"An act relating to the finances of the State government;
providing for cancer control, prevention and research, for
ambulatory surgical center data collection, for the Joint
Underwriting Association, for entertainment business
financial management firms, for private dam financial
assurance and for reinstatement of item vetoes; providing for
the settlement, assessment, collection, and lien of taxes,
bonus, and all other accounts due the Commonwealth, the
collection and recovery of fees and other money or property
due or belonging to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
including escheated property and the proceeds of its sale,
the custody and disbursement or other disposition of funds
and securities belonging to or in the possession of the
Commonwealth, and the settlement of claims against the
Commonwealth, the resettlement of accounts and appeals to the
courts, refunds of moneys erroneously paid to the
Commonwealth, auditing the accounts of the Commonwealth and
all agencies thereof, of all public officers collecting
moneys payable to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
and all receipts of appropriations from the Commonwealth,
authorizing the Commonwealth to issue tax anticipation notes
to defray current expenses, implementing the provisions of
section 7(a) of Article VIII of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania authorizing and restricting the incurring of
certain debt and imposing penalties; affecting every
department, board, commission, and officer of the State
government, every political subdivision of the State, and
certain officers of such subdivisions, every person,
association, and corporation required to pay, assess, or
collect taxes, or to make returns or reports under the laws
imposing taxes for State purposes, or to pay license fees or
other moneys to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the
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Commonwealth," establishing the Firefighter Cancer Screening
Program and the Firefighter Cancer Screening Fund; and, in
special funds, further providing for disposition of Budget
Stabilization Reserve Fund.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known
as The Fiscal Code, is amended by adding an article to read:
ARTICLE I-M
FIREFIGHTER CANCER SCREENING PROGRAM
Section 101-M. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this article
shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Airport fire company." A fire company that does all of the
following:
(1) Is associated with an airport.
(2) Has a mutual aid agreement with a neighboring
municipality.
(3) Has responded to at least 15 fire or rescue
emergency calls annually to neighboring fire companies as
provided in documentation requested by the commissioner.
"Benefits card." A card issued by the department to an
eligible firefighter who is a resident of this Commonwealth.
"Cancer screening examination." A medically necessary and
clinically appropriate examination of the body using either
standard or abbreviated magnetic resonance imaging or, if the
imaging is not possible, ultrasound if recommended by the
treating physician to screen for cancer when there is no
abnormality seen or suspected.
"Commissioner." The State Fire Commissioner of the
Commonwealth.
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"Department." The Insurance Department of the Commonwealth.
"Eligible firefighter." A firefighter that is eligible under
section 106-M.
"Fire company." A volunteer fire company, a municipal fire
company or a combined volunteer and municipal fire company
located in this Commonwealth. The term includes an airport fire
company.
"Fund." The Firefighter Cancer Screening Fund established
under section 104-M.
"Health insurance policy." A policy, subscriber contract,
certificate or plan issued by a health insurer on or after the
effective date of this definition that provides medical or
health care coverage. The term does not include any of the
following:
(1) An accident only policy.
(2) A credit only policy.
(3) A long-term care policy.
(4) A disability income policy.
(5) A specified disease policy.
(6) A Medicare Supplement policy.
(7) A fixed indemnity policy.
(8) A dental only policy.
(9) A vision only policy.
(10) A workers' compensation policy.
(11) An automobile medical payment policy.
(12) A policy under which benefits are provided by the
Federal Government to active or