266 Pennsylvania Blue Shield; Community Rated Group Optional Endorsement for Domestic Partner Coverage in the Independence Blue Cross Service Area; filing no. 96020000; forms 4919 and 4920

Pennsylvania Blue Shield; Community Rated Group Optional Endorsement for Domestic Partner Coverage in the Independence Blue Cross Service Area; Filing No. 96020000; Forms 4919 and 4920

[26 Pa.B. 818]

   Pennsylvania Blue Shield submitted optional endorsement Forms 4919 and 4920 to offer coverage, at a group's option, to same and opposite sex domestic partners in community rated medical/surgical, vision and dental groups. This approval is limited to the five-county Independence Blue Cross service area. Pennsylvania Blue Shield requests an April 1, 1996, effective date.

   Copies of the filing are available for public inspection on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, by appointment, during normal working hours at the Insurance Department's Office in Harrisburg. This filing consists of ten pages.

   Interested parties are invited to submit written comments, suggestions or objections to Richard W. Stoner, Insurance Department, Bureau of Accident and Health Insurance, 1311 Strawberry Square, Harrisburg, PA 17120, within 30 days after publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

LINDA S. KAISER,   
Insurance Commissioner

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 96-266. Filed for public inspection February 23, 1996, 9:00 a.m.]