(a) General rule.--Except for workers' compensation, a policy of insurance issued or delivered pursuant to this subchapter shall be primary. Any program, group contract or other arrangement for payment of benefits such as described in section 1711 (relating to required benefits), 1712(1) and (2) (relating to availability of benefits) or 1715 (relating to availability of adequate limits) shall be construed to contain a provision that all benefits provided therein shall be in excess of and not in duplication of any valid and collectible first party benefits provided in section 1711, 1712 or 1715 or workers' compensation.
(b) Definition.--As used in this section the term "program, group contract or other arrangement" includes, but is not limited to, benefits payable by a hospital plan corporation or a professional health service corporation subject to 40 Pa.C.S. Ch. 61 (relating to hospital plan corporations) or 63 (relating to professional health services plan corporations).
(Feb. 12, 1984, P.L.53, No.12, eff. Oct. 1, 1984)
Cross References. Section 1719 is referred to in sections 1720, 1722 of this title.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 17 - Financial Responsibility
Section 1701 - Short title of chapter
Section 1703 - Application of chapter
Section 1704 - Administration of chapter
Section 1705 - Election of tort options
Section 1711 - Required benefits
Section 1712 - Availability of benefits
Section 1713 - Source of benefits
Section 1714 - Ineligible claimants
Section 1715 - Availability of adequate limits
Section 1716 - Payment of benefits
Section 1717 - Stacking of benefits
Section 1718 - Exclusion from benefits
Section 1719 - Coordination of benefits
Section 1721 - Statute of limitations
Section 1722 - Preclusion of recovering required benefits
Section 1723 - Reporting requirements
Section 1724 - Certain nonexcludable conditions
Section 1725 - Rental vehicles
Section 1731 - Availability, scope and amount of coverage
Section 1732 - Limits of coverage (Repealed)
Section 1733 - Priority of recovery
Section 1734 - Request for lower limits of coverage
Section 1735 - Coverages unaffected by workers' compensation benefits (Repealed)
Section 1736 - Coverages in excess of required amounts
Section 1738 - Stacking of uninsured and underinsured benefits and option to waive
Section 1744 - Termination of policies
Section 1752 - Eligible claimants
Section 1753 - Benefits available
Section 1754 - Additional coverage
Section 1755 - Coordination of benefits
Section 1757 - Statute of limitations
Section 1771 - Court reports on nonpayment of judgments
Section 1772 - Suspension for nonpayment of judgments
Section 1773 - Continuation of suspension until judgments paid and proof given
Section 1774 - Payments sufficient to satisfy judgments
Section 1775 - Installment payment of judgments
Section 1781 - Notice of sanction for not evidencing financial responsibility
Section 1782 - Manner of providing proof of financial responsibility
Section 1784 - Proof of financial responsibility following violation
Section 1785 - Proof of financial responsibility following accident
Section 1786 - Required financial responsibility
Section 1788 - Neighborhood electric vehicles
Section 1791 - Notice of available benefits and limits
Section 1791.1 - Disclosure of premium charges and tort options
Section 1791.2 - Motorcycle marshals
Section 1793 - Special provisions relating to premiums
Section 1794 - Compulsory judicial arbitration jurisdiction
Section 1795 - Insurance fraud reporting immunity
Section 1796 - Mental or physical examination of person
Section 1797 - Customary charges for treatment
Section 1798 - Attorney fees and costs
Section 1798.1 - Extraordinary medical benefit rate
Section 1798.3 - Unfunded liability report
Section 1798.4 - Catastrophic Loss Benefits Continuation Fund
Section 1799 - Restraint system
Section 1799.1 - Antitheft devices
Section 1799.2 - Driver improvement course discounts
Section 1799.4 - Examination of vehicle repairs
Section 1799.5 - Conduct of market study