Section 31A-22-726 - Abortion coverage restriction in health benefit plan and on health insurance exchange(1) As used in this section, "permitted abortion coverage" means coverage for abortion: (a) that is necessary to avert: (i) the death of the woman on whom the abortion is performed; or(ii) a serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of the woman on whom the abortion is performed;(b) of a fetus that has a defect that is documented by a physician or physicians to be uniformly diagnosable and uniformly lethal; or(c) where the woman is pregnant as a result of:(i) rape, as described in Section 76-5-402;(ii) rape of a child, as described in Section 76-5-402.1; or(iii) incest, as described in Subsection 76-5-406(2)(j) or Section 76-7-102.(2) A person may not offer coverage for an abortion in a health benefit plan, unless the coverage is a type of permitted abortion coverage.(3) A person may not offer a health benefit plan that provides coverage for an abortion in a health insurance exchange created under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, 111 P.L. 148, unless the coverage is a type of permitted abortion coverage.Amended by Chapter 193, 2019 General Session ,§ 26, eff. 5/14/2019.Amended by Chapter 189, 2019 General Session ,§ 2, eff. 5/14/2019.Amended by Chapter 283, 2015 General Session ,§ 9, eff. 5/12/2015.Enacted by Chapter 278, 2011 , 2011 General Session