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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 514C.11 POSTDELIVERY BENEFITS 1 2 AND CARE. 1 3 1. Notwithstanding section 514C.6, a person who provides 1 4 an individual or group policy of accident or health insurance 1 5 or individual or group hospital or health care service 1 6 contract issued pursuant to chapter 509, 514, or 514A or an 1 7 individual or group health maintenance organization contract 1 8 issued and regulated under chapter 514B, which is delivered, 1 9 amended, or renewed on or after July 1, 1996, and which 1 10 provides maternity benefits or newborn care benefits, shall 1 11 not terminate inpatient benefits or require discharge of a 1 12 mother or the newborn from a hospital following delivery 1 13 earlier than determined to be medically appropriate by the 1 14 attending physician after consultation with the mother and in 1 15 accordance with the most recent guidelines for perinatal care 1 16 established by the American academy of pediatrics and the 1 17 American college of obstetricians and gynecologists. 1 18 2. When performing utilization review of inpatient 1 19 hospital services related to maternity and newborn care, 1 20 including but not limited to length of postdelivery stay, any 1 21 person who provides an individual or group policy of accident 1 22 or health insurance or individual or group hospital or health 1 23 care service contract issued pursuant to chapter 509, 514, or 1 24 514A, or an individual or group health maintenance 1 25 organization contract issued and regulated under chapter 514B, 1 26 shall use the most recent guidelines for perinatal care 1 27 established by the American academy of pediatrics and the 1 28 American college of obstetricians and gynecologists. 1 29 EXPLANATION 1 30 This bill provides that a person who provides an individual 1 31 or group policy of accident or health insurance, an individual 1 32 or group hospital or health care service contract, or an 1 33 individual or group health maintenance organization contract, 1 34 which is delivered, amended, or renewed on or after July 1, 1 35 1996, and which provides maternity benefits or benefits for 2 1 newborns, shall not terminate inpatient benefits or require 2 2 the discharge of a mother or newborn from the hospital 2 3 following delivery earlier than is medically appropriate based 2 4 upon a determination by the attending physician in 2 5 consultation with the mother and in accordance with the 2 6 guidelines established by the American academy of pediatrics 2 7 and the American college of obstetricians and gynecologists. 2 8 The bill also requires that when any of the above named 2 9 entities is performing utilization review of inpatient 2 10 hospital maternity and newborn care services, including but 2 11 not limited to inpatient length of stay, the entity is to use 2 12 the most recent guidelines for perinatal care established by 2 13 the American academy of pediatrics and the American college of 2 14 obstetricians and gynecologists. 2 15 LSB 4046SS 76 2 16 pf/cf/24
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