Sec. 7.5. (a) A health maintenance organization that provides coverage for basic health care services and that is entered into, delivered, amended, or renewed after December 31, 2014, under a group contract or an individual contract may not provide coverage for abortion, except in the following cases:
(1) The pregnant woman became pregnant through an act of rape or incest.
(2) An abortion is necessary to avert the pregnant woman's death or a substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of the pregnant woman.
(b) A health maintenance organization that enters into a group contract or an individual contract described in subsection (a) may offer coverage for abortion through a rider or an endorsement.
As added by P.L.124-2014, SEC.2.
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