TO MANDATE COVERAGE FOR DELIVERY OF A NEWBORN IN A LICENSED BIRTHING CENTER.
House Bill 1826 mandates that health benefit plans provide coverage for the delivery of a newborn in a licensed birthing center. The bill directly affects individuals with these health plans and the insurance entities that offer them. An amendment to the bill clarifies that this coverage requirement applies to health benefit plans for public school employees and those offered by specific trusts providing various benefits, including accident and health. Essentially, it ensures that more types of health benefit plans will include coverage for births occurring in licensed birthing centers.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Mar 18, 2025
Signed Apr 17, 2025
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The bill text was reformatted from 'Act 866' to 'HB 1826' with minor formatting adjustments including the removal of the approval signature line and addition of blank lines. No substantive policy changes were made to the legislative content itself.
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Removed the 'APPROVED: 4/17/25' signature line and added blank lines at the beginning of the document as part of formatting updates between Act 866 and HB 1826 versions.
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
7
Committee
2
Amendments
1
Apr 17, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that HB1826 is now Act 866
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned from the Senate as passed.
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned to the House as passed.
upper
Apr 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Apr 8, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Apr 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Introduced
Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1
lower
Mar 18, 2025
Introduced
Filed
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2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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