NRS 695B.1948 - Contract that includes coverage for maternity care must not deny coverage for gestational carrier; status of child in relation to intended parent. [Effective January 1, 2020.]

NV Rev Stat § 695B.1948 (2019) (N/A)
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1. An insurer that offers or issues a contract for hospital or medical services that includes coverage for maternity care shall not deny, limit or seek reimbursement for maternity care because the insured is acting as a gestational carrier.

2. If an insured acts as a gestational carrier, the child shall be deemed to be a child of the intended parent, as defined in NRS 126.590, for purposes related to the contract for hospital or medical services.

3. As used in this section, “gestational carrier” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 126.580.

(Added to NRS by 2019, 1006, effective January 1, 2020)