Health insurance; interhospital transfer for newborn or mother.

Health insurance; access for a mother to samefacility as her newborn. Requires health insurers to providecoverage for the birth mother of a newborn infant who is currentlyadmitted to a facility for delivery-related services and whose newborninfant is receiving services at a different facility to receive suchdelivery-related services, if available, at the facility where thenewborn infant is receiving services. The bill provides that suchcoverage (i) shall not require any prior authorization determination, regardless of whether the services are provided on an in-networkor out-of-network basis; (ii) is provided without regard to whetherthe health care provider furnishing the services is a participatinghealth care provider with respect to such services; (iii) for out-of-networkservices, shall not impose any administrative requirement or limitationon coverage that is more restrictive than the requirements or limitationsthat apply to such services provided in-network; and (iv) for out-of-networkservices, not require any copayment amounts or coinsurance rates,or apply any deductible except to the extent such amounts, rates,or deductibles would apply to in-network services. The bill providesthat if the services are provided out-of-network, any balance paymentshall be settled in the same manner as balance payments for emergencyservices.