SF 2022

Introduction - 79th Legislature (1995 - 1996)

Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00 a.m.

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to insurance; health; requiring health plans 
  1.3             to provide coverage for a minimum of 48 hours of 
  1.4             in-patient care for a mother and her newly born child 
  1.5             following a vaginal birth or for a minimum of 96 hours 
  1.6             of in-patient care following a cesarean section; 
  1.7             proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
  1.8             chapter 62A. 
  1.9   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.10     Section 1.  [62A.0421] [IN-PATIENT CARE FOLLOWING 
  1.11  CHILDBIRTH; MINIMUM COVERAGE REQUIREMENTS.] 
  1.12     Subdivision 1.  [NAME AND CITATION.] This section shall be 
  1.13  known and may be cited as the "mothers' and newborns' health 
  1.14  protection act." 
  1.15     Subd. 2.  [MINIMUM IN-PATIENT CARE COVERAGE.] A health plan 
  1.16  shall provide coverage for a minimum of 48 hours of in-patient 
  1.17  care following a vaginal delivery, and a minimum of 96 hours of 
  1.18  in-patient care following a cesarean section, for a mother and 
  1.19  her newly born child. 
  1.20     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICABILITY.] 
  1.21     Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment 
  1.22  and applies to a health plan issued or renewed on or after that 
  1.23  date to provide coverage to Minnesota residents.