2012 Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 20 Insurance
20-121 State health care exchange; abortion coverage; prohibition; exceptions
20-121. State health care exchange; abortion coverage; prohibition; exceptions
A. Consistent with the provisions of the patient protection and affordable care act (P.L. 111-148), any qualified health insurance policy, contract or plan offered through any state health care exchange established in this state shall not provide coverage for abortions unless the coverage is offered as a separate optional rider for which an additional insurance premium is charged.
B. Subsection A does not apply to coverage for any abortion that is necessary to either:
1. Save the life of the woman having the abortion.
2. Avert substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of the woman having the abortion.
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