2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes Subtitle 17A. Health Benefit Plans 304.17A.145 Maternity coverage to include specified amounts of inpatient care for mothers and newly-born children -- Exemption.
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304.17A-145 Maternity coverage to include specified amounts of inpatient care for
mothers and newly-born children -- Exemption.
(1) A health benefit plan issued or renewed on or after July 15, 1996, that provides
maternity coverage shall provide coverage for inpatient care for a mother and her <br>newly-born child for a minimum of forty-eight (48) hours after vaginal delivery and <br>a minimum of ninety-six (96) hours after delivery by Cesarean section.
(2) The provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to a health benefit
plan if the health benefit plan authorizes an initial postpartum home visit which <br>would include the collection of an adequate sample for the hereditary and metabolic <br>newborn screening and if the attending physician, with the consent of the mother of <br>the newly-born child, authorizes a shorter length of stay than that required of health <br>benefit plans in subsection (1) of this section upon the physician's determination <br>that the mother and newborn meet the criteria for medical stability in the most <br>current version of "Guidelines for Perinatal Care" prepared by the American <br>Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Obstetricians and <br>Gynecologists.
Effective: April 10, 1998 <br>History: Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 496, sec. 50, effective April 10, 1998. -- Created
1996 Ky. Acts ch. 88, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1996.
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