<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 58-18B-50 - Minimum inpatient care coverage following delivery. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2075504Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2075504SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2075504CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2075504Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2075504DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2075504DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2075504000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2075504SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2075504SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2075504Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=58-18B-50"><span class="s2075504SENU">58-18B-50</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2075504SENU">. </span><span class="s2075504CL">Minimum inpatient care coverage following delivery.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2075504Normal-000000"><span class="s2075504DefaultParagraphFont">If a health benefit plan of a small employer carrier that is issued or renewed on or after July 1, 1996, provides maternity coverage, the plan shall provide coverage for a minimum of forty</span><span class="s2075504DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2075504DefaultParagraphFont">eight hours of inpatient care following a vaginal delivery and a minimum of ninety</span><span class="s2075504DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2075504DefaultParagraphFont">six hours of inpatient care following delivery by cesarean section for a mother and her newborn child in a health care facility licensed pursuant to chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-12"><span class="s2075504DefaultParagraphFont">34-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2075504DefaultParagraphFont">, except as otherwise provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=58-18B-51"><span class="s2075504DefaultParagraphFont">58-18B-51</span></a><span class="s2075504DefaultParagraphFont">. Any policy issued to employers with less than fifteen employees that provides coverage for complications of pregnancy, and does not provide other maternity benefits, is not required to comply with this section.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2075504Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2075504000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2075504Normal"><span class="s2075504SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2075504SCL-000003"> SL 1996, ch 292, § 7; SL 1998, ch 290, § 3.</span></p></div></body></html>