Health Care & Hospital Law
Oct. 8, 2011
Brown signs maternity care bills
Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday signed two bills requiring individual and small group health plans to provide insurance coverage for maternity care starting July 1, 2012.
By Mandy Jackson
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday signed Senate Bill 222 and Assembly Bill 210, which require individual and small group health plans to provide insurance coverage for maternity care starting July 1, 2012 -- two years before a similar requirement in last year?s federal health care reform bill takes effect.
Maternity services are defined in the state legislation as prenatal care, related ambulatory services, involuntary complicat...
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