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1996 SESSION

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HB 87 Insurance; hospital stay for mothers and newborn children.

Introduced by: Clifton A. Woodrum | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

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Insurance; Medicaid; state employee health plan; standards for length of hospital inpatient stay for mother and newborn after childbirth. Requires insurers, nonstock corporations and health maintenance organizations that provide individual or group benefits for obstetrical services to provide coverage for inpatient care and subsequent postpartum home visits in accordance with the medical criteria outlined in the most current version of or official update to the "Guidelines for Perinatal Care" or the "Standards for Obstetric-Gynecologic Services." The bill also requires the Virginia Medicaid program and the state employee health plan to provide coverage in accordance with such Guidelines or Standards.


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