No cost-sharing for prenatal, childbirth, neonatal, perinatal, or postpartum health care
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(a) In general Part D of title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg–111 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 2799A–11. No cost-sharing for prenatal, childbirth, neonatal, perinatal, or postpartum health care (a) In general For plan years beginning on or after the date of enactment of the Supporting Healthy Moms and Babies Act, a group health plan and a health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage shall provide coverage for the benefits described in section 1302(b)(1)(D) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to the same extent that qualified health plans (as defined in section 1301 of such Act) are required to provide coverage for such benefits, and shall not impose any cost-sharing requirements for such benefits. (b) Definition of cost-Sharing In this section, the term cost-sharing has the meaning given the term in section 1302(c)(3) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.. (b) ERISA (1) In general Subpart B of part 7 of subtitle B of title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1185 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 726. No cost-sharing for prenatal, childbirth, neonatal, perinatal, or postpartum health care (a) In general For plan years beginning on or after the date of enactment of the Supporting Healthy Moms and Babies Act, a group health plan and a health insurance issuer offering group health insurance coverage shall provide coverage for the benefits described in section 1302(b)(1)(D) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to the same extent that qualified health plans (as defined in section 1301 of such Act) are required to provide coverage for such benefits, and shall not impose any cost-sharing requirements for such benefits. (b) Definition of cost-Sharing In this section, the term cost-sharing has the meaning given the term in section 1302(c)(3) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.. (2) Clerical amendment The table of contents in section 1 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 725 the following: Sec. 726. No cost-sharing for prenatal, childbirth, neonatal, perinatal, or postpartum health care.. (c) Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (1) In general Subchapter B of chapter 100 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following: 9826. No cost-sharing for prenatal, childbirth, neonatal, perinatal, or postpartum health care (a) In general For plan years beginning on or after the date of enactment of the Supporting Healthy Moms and Babies Act, a group health plan shall provide coverage for the benefits described in section 1302(b)(1)(D) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to the same extent that qualified health plans (as defined in section 1301 of such Act) are required to provide coverage for such benefits, and shall not impose any cost-sharing requirements for such benefits. (b) Definition of cost-Sharing In this section, the term cost-sharing has the meaning given the term in section 1302(c)(3) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.. (2) Clerical amendment The table of sections for subchapter B of chapter 100 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new item: Sec. 9826. No cost-sharing for prenatal, childbirth, neonatal, perinatal, or postpartum health care.. (d) Application This section shall be considered as if included in the enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111–148).