2012 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 304 INSURANCE CODE
SUBTITLE 17A. Health Benefit Plans
17A..145 Maternity coverage to include specified amounts of inpatient care for mothers and newly-born children -- Exemption.
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<![CDATA[304.17A-145 Maternity coverage to include specified amounts of inpatient care for
mothers and newly-born children -- Exemption.
(1)
(2)
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
newly-born child for a minimum of forty-eight (48) hours after vaginal delivery and
a minimum of ninety-six (96) hours after delivery by Cesarean section.
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
would include the collection of an adequate sample for the hereditary and metabolic
newborn screening and if the attending physician, with the consent of the mother of
the newly-born child, authorizes a shorter length of stay than that required of health
benefit plans in subsection (1) of this section upon the physician's determination
that the mother and newborn meet the criteria for medical stability in the most
current version of "Guidelines for Perinatal Care" prepared by the American
Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Obstetricians and
Gynecologists.
Effective: April 10, 1998
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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