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Senate adopts substitute to clarify maternity coverage and admission notice protections
Summary
The Utah Senate passed First Substitute Senate Bill 23 to clarify that customary, reasonable maternity and delivery costs are covered when prenatal care pre-authorization has been obtained, and to prevent insurers from denying benefits solely for failure to give an admission notice, 27–0 with two absent.
The Utah Senate on Jan. 26 passed First Substitute Senate Bill 23, clarifying insurance coverage for maternity care and protecting beneficiaries from coverage denials tied solely to admission-notice rules.
Senator Millie Peterson, sponsor of the measure, told colleagues the substitute makes explicit that reasonable and customary maternity-care and delivery…
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