Notwithstanding any provision of any policy, provision, contract, plan or agreement applicable to this article, any health insurance policy subject to this article, issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2014, which provides health insurance coverage for maternity services, shall provide coverage for maternity services for all persons participating in or receiving coverage under the policy. To the extent that the provisions of this section require benefits that exceed the essential health benefits specified under section 1302(b) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Pub. L. No. 111-148, as amended, the specific benefits that exceed the specified essential health benefits are not required of a health benefit plan when the plan is offered by a health care insurer in this state. Coverage required under this section may not be subject to exclusions or limitations which are not applied to other maternity coverage under the policy.
Structure West Virginia Code
Article 15. Accident and Sickness Insurance
§33-15-1a. Premium Rate Increase Requests; Loss Ratio Requirement
§33-15-1b. Rates, Individual Major Medical Policies
§33-15-2. Scope and Format of Policy
§33-15-2b. Guaranteed Issue; Limitation of Coverage; Election; Denial of Coverage; Network Plans
§33-15-2c. Feasibility Study for Alternatives to Guaranteed Issue
§33-15-2d. Exceptions to Guaranteed Renewability
§33-15-2f. Certification of Creditable Coverage
§33-15-4. Required Policy Provisions
§33-15-4a. Required Policy Provisions-Mental Illness
§33-15-4b. Policies to Cover Nursing Services; Definition
§33-15-4c. Third Party Reimbursement for Mammography, Pap Smear or Human Papilloma Virus Testing
§33-15-4d. Third Party Reimbursement for Rehabilitation Services
§33-15-4e. Benefits for Mothers and Newborns
§33-15-4f. Third Party Reimbursement for Colorectal Cancer Examination and Laboratory Testing
§33-15-4g. Required Coverage for Reconstruction Surgery Following Mastectomies
§33-15-4h. Coverage for Patient Cost of Clinical Trials
§33-15-4i. Third-Party Reimbursement for Kidney Disease Screening
§33-15-4j. Required Coverage for Dental Anesthesia Services
§33-15-4l. Deductibles, Copayments and Coinsurance for Anti-Cancer Medications
§33-15-4m. Eye Drop Prescription Refills
§33-15-4n. Deductibles, Copayments and Coinsurance for Abuse-Deterrent Opioid Analgesic Drugs
§33-15-4p. Lyme Disease to Be Covered by All Health Insurance Policies
§33-15-4q. Coverage for Amino Acid-Based Formulas
§33-15-4r. Substance Use Disorder
§33-15-4s. Prior Authorization
§33-15-4t. Fairness in Cost-Sharing Calculation
§33-15-4u. Mental Health Parity
§33-15-4v. Incorporation of the Health Benefit Plan Network Access and Adequacy Act
§33-15-4w. Incorporation of the Coverage for 12-Month Refill for Contraceptive Drugs
§33-15-5. Optional Policy Provisions
§33-15-6. Inapplicable or Inconsistent Provisions
§33-15-7. Order of Certain Provisions
§33-15-8. Third Party Ownership of Policy Covering Insured
§33-15-9. Requirements of Other Jurisdictions
§33-15-10. Franchise Insurance
§33-15-12. Continuum of Care Services
§33-15-14. Policies Discriminating Among Health Care Providers
§33-15-17. Child Immunization Services Coverage
§33-15-18. Equal Treatment of State Agency
§33-15-19. Coordination of Benefits With Medicaid
§33-15-20. Individual Medical Savings Accounts; Definitions; Ownership; Trustees; Regulations
§33-15-21. Coverage of Emergency Services
§33-15-22. Assignment of Certain Benefits in Dental Care Insurance Coverage