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H.B. 354

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INSURANCE AMENDMENTS RELATING TO ABORTION

             2     
2011 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Carl Wimmer

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Senate Sponsor: ____________

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             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill amends provisions of the Insurance Code to prohibit a person from offering a
             10      health benefit plan in a health insurance exchange that is created, owned, or sponsored
             11      by a government entity if the health benefit plan provides coverage for an abortion other
             12      than an abortion necessary to protect the life or health of a woman.
             13      Highlighted Provisions:
             14          This bill:
             15          .    prohibits a person from offering a health benefit plan in a health insurance exchange
             16      that is created, owned, or sponsored by a government entity, including a health
             17      insurance exchange created under Title 63M, Chapter 1, Part 25, Health System
             18      Reform Act, or pursuant to the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,
             19      111 P.L. 148, if the health benefit plan provides coverage for an abortion, unless the
             20      abortion is necessary to avert:
             21              .    the death of the woman on whom the abortion is performed; or
             22              .    a serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily
             23      function of the woman on whom the abortion is performed.
             24      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             25          None
             26      Other Special Clauses:
             27          None


             28      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             29      ENACTS:
             30          31A-22-726, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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             32      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             33          Section 1. Section 31A-22-726 is enacted to read:
             34          31A-22-726. Abortion coverage restriction on health insurance exchange.
             35          A person may not offer in a health insurance exchange, including a health insurance
             36      exchange created under Title 63M, Chapter 1, Part 25, Health System Reform Act, or pursuant
             37      to the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, 111 P.L. 148, a health benefit plan in
             38      this state that provides coverage for an abortion, except for an abortion that is necessary to
             39      avert:
             40          (1) the death of the woman on whom the abortion is performed; or
             41          (2) a serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function
             42      of the woman on whom the abortion is performed.




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