H7275

Requires health insurance plans to cover services provided by licensed certified professional midwives. Insurers would be required to report utilization and cost data annually and certain limited benefit policies would be exempt.

Introduced·1/23/26
Introduced Text

Rhode Island H7275 mandates health insurance plans to cover services by certified professional midwives, with annual reporting requirements and.

Rhode Island H7275 requires health insurance plans to cover services provided by licensed certified professional midwives. Insurers must report utilization and cost data annually to the health insurance commissioner, who defines the required information. Certain limited benefit policies, such as hospital confinement indemnity, disability income, and accident only, are exempt from this requirement. The act takes effect on January 1, 2027.

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Where it stands

Current
Health & Human Services Committee
Next
Committee decision

Sponsors

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Calendar

Feb 3

12:00 AM

House Health & Human Services Hearing

History

Feb 3

House

Committee recommended measure be held for further study

Jan 30

House

Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/03/2026)

Jan 23

House

Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services