Utah § 31A-22-726 Abortion coverage restriction in health benefit plan and on health insurance exchange.

Utah Statutes

§ 31A-22-726 — Abortion coverage restriction in health benefit plan and on health insurance exchange.

Utah § 31A-22-726

Title 31AInsurance Code

Ch. 31A-22Contracts in Specific Lines

Part 31A-22-7Group Accident and Health Insurance

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Utah Code Ann. § 31A-22-726 (2026).

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(1)As used in this section, "permitted abortion coverage" means coverage for abortion:

(1)(a) that is necessary to avert:

(1)(a)(i) the death of the woman on whom the abortion is performed; or

(1)(a)(ii) a serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of the woman on whom the abortion is performed;

(1)(b) of a fetus that has a defect that is documented by a physician or physicians to be uniformly diagnosable and uniformly lethal; or

(1)(c) where the woman is pregnant as a result of:

(1)(c)(i) rape, as described in Section 76-5-402;

(1)(c)(ii) rape of a child, as described in Section 76-5-402.1; or

(1)(c)(iii) incest, as described in Subsection 76-5-406(2)(j) or Section 76-7-102.

(2)A person may not offer coverage for an abortion in a health benefit p

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(1) As used in this section, "permitted abortion coverage" means coverage for abortion:

(1)(a) that is necessary to avert:
(1)(a)(i) the death of the woman on whom the abortion is performed; or
(1)(a)(ii) a serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of the woman on whom the abortion is performed;
(1)(b) of a fetus that has a defect that is documented by a physician or physicians to be uniformly diagnosable and uniformly lethal; or
(1)(c) where the woman is pregnant as a result of:
(1)(c)(i) rape, as described in Section 76-5-402;
(1)(c)(ii) rape of a child, as described in Section 76-5-402.1; or
(1)(c)(iii) incest, as described in Subsection 76-5-406(2)(j) or Section 76-7-102.
(2) A person may not offer coverage for an abortion in a health benefit plan, unless the coverage is a type of permitted abortion coverage.
(3) A person may not offer a health benefit plan that provides coverage for an abortion in a health insurance exchange created under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, 111 P.L. 148, unless the coverage is a type of permitted abortion coverage.