Bill Text: IN SB0116 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Abortion coverage by qualified health plans.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 4)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-05 - First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services [SB0116 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2011-SB0116-Introduced.html


Introduced Version






SENATE BILL No. 116

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL



Citations Affected: IC 16-34-1-8; IC 27-8-33.

Synopsis: Abortion coverage by qualified health plans. Prohibits qualified health plans under the federal health care reform law from providing coverage for abortion.

Effective: July 1, 2011.





Kruse, Steele, Holdman, Charbonneau




    January 5, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services.







Introduced

First Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2011)


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SENATE BILL No. 116



    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning insurance.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 16-34-1-8; (11)IN0116.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 16-34-1-8 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 8. A qualified health plan (as defined in IC 27-8-33-3) offered under Subtitle D of Title 1 of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) may not provide coverage for abortion.
SOURCE: IC 27-8-33; (11)IN0116.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 27-8-33 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]:
     Chapter 33. Health Care Exchanges and Abortion
    Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "abortion" means the termination of human pregnancy with an intention other than to produce a live birth or to remove a dead fetus.
    Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" includes amendments made by the federal Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-152).
    Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "qualified health plan" has the meaning set forth in Section 1301 of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148).
    Sec. 4. A qualified health plan offered under Subtitle D of Title 1 of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act may not provide coverage for abortion.

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