Ins. Code, § 10123.866 · Article 1. General Provisions
Ins. Code, § 10123.866
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) Commencing no later than July 1, 2012, a group health insurance policy shall provide coverage for maternity services for all insureds covered under the policy.
(b) For purposes of this section, “maternity services” include prenatal care, ambulatory care maternity services, involuntary complications of pregnancy, neonatal care, and inpatient hospital maternity care, including labor and delivery and postpartum care. This definition of “maternity services” shall remain in effect until the time as federal regulations and guidance issued pursuant to the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148) define the scope of benefits to be provided under the maternity benefit requirement of that act, after which time the definition of that term under the federal act and associated regulations and guidance shall apply for purposes of this section.
(c) This section shall not apply to specialized health insurance, Medicare supplement insurance, CHAMPUS supplement insurance, or TRI-CARE supplement insurance, or to hospital indemnity, accident-only, or specified disease insurance.
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History
Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 687, Sec. 8. (SB 910) Effective January 1, 2019.
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