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This bill mandates that various health insurance carriers, including hospital service corporations, medical service corporations, health service corporations, individual and group health insurance policies, and health maintenance organizations, must provide coverage for the costs associated with planned home childbirth, encompassing services from healthcare providers (such as doctors, nurses, and midwives), doulas, and necessary medical supplies and equipment, on par with other covered health services. Additionally, it requires the State Health Benefits Commission and the School Employees' Health Benefits Commission to offer this coverage, and crucially, it directs the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services, which administers NJ FamilyCare (New Jersey's program that includes Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program), to cover planned home childbirth costs for beneficiaries when provided by in-network healthcare providers, with the state seeking federal approval to fund these services.

Budget and Finance, Health and Social Services

https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2024/S1097