(1) Any group policy, group plan, or group contract issued in this state by a health maintenance organization which provides maternity benefits shall offer the master policyholder the option to purchase coverage to pay for routine nursery care for a well newly born child for up to five (5) full days in a hospital nursery.
(2) The coverage for the well newly born child shall pay the hospital charges for each day in the hospital nursery.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 304.38-198

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Health maintenance organization: means any person who undertakes to provide, directly or through arrangements with others, health care services to individuals enrolled with such an organization on a per capita or a predetermined, fixed prepayment basis. See Kentucky Statutes 304.38-030
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

(3) The requirements of this section shall apply to all policies, plans, or contracts issued by a health maintenance organization in effect on October 1, 1980, and those policies, plans or contracts issued thereafter.
Effective: July 15, 1980
History: 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 9, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1980.

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