The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Title 8 : Banking and Insurance
Chapter 107 : Health Insurance
Subchapter 009 : REQUIRED COVERED BENEFITS
(Cite as: 8 V.S.A. § 4078)-
§ 4078. Midwifery coverage; home births [Effective until January 1, 2027; see also 8 V.S.A. § 4078 effective January 1, 2027 set out below]
(a) A health insurance plan providing maternity benefits shall also provide coverage for services rendered by a midwife licensed pursuant to 26 V.S.A. chapter 85 or an advanced practice registered nurse licensed pursuant to 26 V.S.A. chapter 28 who is certified as a nurse midwife for services within the licensed midwife’s or certified nurse midwife’s scope of practice and provided in a hospital or other health care facility or at home.
(b) Coverage for services provided by a licensed midwife or certified nurse midwife shall not be subject to any greater co-payment, deductible, or coinsurance than is applicable to any other similar benefits provided by the health insurance plan.
(c) This section shall apply to Medicaid and any other public health care assistance program offered or administered by the State or by any subdivision or instrumentality of the State. (Recodified and amended 2025, No. 11, § 2, eff. September 1, 2025.)
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§ 4078. Midwifery coverage [Effective January 1, 2027; see also 8 V.S.A. § 4078 effective until January 1, 2027 set out above]
(a) A health insurance plan providing maternity benefits shall also provide coverage for services rendered by a midwife licensed pursuant to 26 V.S.A. chapter 85 or an advanced practice registered nurse licensed pursuant to 26 V.S.A. chapter 28 who is certified as a nurse midwife for services within the licensed midwife’s or certified nurse midwife’s scope of practice and provided in a hospital, birth center, or other health care facility or at home.
(b) Coverage for services provided by a licensed midwife or certified nurse midwife shall not be subject to any greater co-payment, deductible, or coinsurance than is applicable to any other similar benefits provided by the health insurance plan.
(c) This section shall apply to Medicaid and any other public health care assistance program offered or administered by the State or by any subdivision or instrumentality of the State. (Recodified and amended 2025, No. 11, § 2, eff. September 1, 2025; amended 2025, No. 19, § 2, eff. January 1, 2027.)
