The Vermont Statutes Online
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Title 8 : Banking and Insurance
Chapter 107 : Health Insurance
Subchapter 006A : Reproductive Health
(Cite as: 8 V.S.A. § 4099e)-
[Effective January 1, 2024.]
§ 4099e. Coverage for abortion and abortion-related services [Effective January 1, 2024]
(a) Definitions. As used in this section:
(1) “Abortion” means any medical treatment intended to induce the termination of, or to terminate, a clinically diagnosable pregnancy except for the purpose of producing a live birth.
(2) “Health insurance plan” means Medicaid and any other public health care assistance program, any individual or group health insurance policy, any hospital or medical service corporation or health maintenance organization subscriber contract, or any other health benefit plan offered, issued, or renewed for any person in this State by a health insurer as defined by 18 V.S.A. § 9402. For purposes of this section, health insurance plan shall include any health benefit plan offered or administered by the State or any subdivision or instrumentality of the State. The term shall not include benefit plans providing coverage for a specific disease or other limited benefit coverage, except that it shall include any accident and sickness health plan.
(b) Coverage. A health insurance plan shall provide coverage for abortion and abortion-related care.
(c) Cost sharing. The coverage required by this section shall not be subject to any co-payment, deductible, coinsurance, or other cost-sharing requirement or additional charge, except:
(1) to the extent such coverage would disqualify a high-deductible health plan from eligibility for a health savings account pursuant to 26 U.S.C. § 223; and
(2) for coverage provided by Medicaid. (Added 2023, No. 15, § 4, eff. January 1, 2024.)
