Coverage of maternity and newborn care and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority

What it would have done

Summary by the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill requires certain health insurance policies, known in the bill as disability insurance policies, and governmental self-insured health plans to cover the essential health benefit of maternity and newborn care, as specified by the commissioner of insurance by rule. The bill specifies a list of requirements that the commissioner must follow when establishing the maternity and newborn care benefit, including certain limitations on cost sharing. If the maternity or newborn care benefit specified by the commissioner is also subject to its own mandated coverage requirement under current law, the bill requires the disability insurance policy or self-insured health plan to provide coverage under whichever requirement provides the insured or plan participant with more comprehensive coverage.

This proposal may contain a health insurance mandate requiring a social and financial impact report under s. 601.423, stats.

Who's behind it

8 senators are its authors⁠. All 8 are Democrats.

20 more lawmakers signed on in support⁠.