N.J. Admin. Code § 11:4-19.4

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 19, October 7, 2024

Section 11:4-19.4 - Maternity benefits option

(a) Each insurer issuing plans that are not health benefits plans shall make available benefits coverage for maternity care without regard to the marital status of its policyholders, subscribers, or other persons thereunder covered for expenses incurred in pregnancy and childbirth.

(b) The amount of or type of benefit coverage for maternity care expenses incurred in pregnancy and childbirth shall be provided to the same extent as benefits coverage is provided in policies and contracts for any other covered illness. Where a fixed amount of benefit coverage for surgery is prescribed by a policy or contract, benefit coverage for pregnancy-related surgical procedures shall be commensurate to that for surgery of comparable difficulty and severity.

(c) Policies which provide normal pregnancy and childbirth benefits shall cover pregnancy if conception occurs after the effective date of coverage or after a probationary period of not more than 30 days after the effective date of the coverage.

(d) Each insurer is required to give a single notice of the option to select maternity benefits coverage to its policyholders or subscribers. While no notice of the availability of such coverage is required to be made at every renewal of a policy, the coverage itself must be made available at renewal, for the option of selection by the insured.

N.J. Admin. Code § 11:4-19.4

Amended by 51 N.J.R. 618(a), effective 5/6/2019