S 1315

                    LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO
 Sixty-eighth Legislature  Second Regular Session - 2026
                                 IN THE SENATE
                             SENATE BILL NO. 1315
                       BY HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE
1AN ACT
2  RELATING TO HOSPITALS; AMENDING CHAPTER 13, TITLE 39, IDAHO CODE, BY THE AD-
3      DITION OF A NEW SECTION 39-1397, IDAHO CODE, TO ESTABLISH PROVISIONS RE-
4      GARDING MATERNITY PRICE TRANSPARENCY AND DISCLOSURE; AND DECLARING AN
5      EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
6  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
7      SECTION 1. That Chapter 13, Title 39, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
8  hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-
9  ignated as Section 39-1397, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
10      39-1397. MATERNITY PRICE TRANSPARENCY AND DISCLOSURE. (1) In addi-
11 tion to reporting compliance with the federal hospital price transparency
12 requirements of 45 CFR 180, every hospital licensed under this chapter
13 that provides labor and delivery services shall ensure that its con-
14 sumer-friendly price estimator portal displays a comprehensive quote for
15 a maternity episode of care. This quote shall be available on a single
16 dedicated page that is accessible by a single click from the portal's main
17 pricing index.
18      (2) Every hospital described by subsection (1) of this section shall
19 create and maintain a clearly labeled, single-click entry point page within
20 its publicly available price estimator tool for both a vaginal birth episode
21 of care and a cesarean birth episode of care.
22      (3) Each episode of care page required pursuant to subsection (2) of
23 this section shall display:
24      (a) An episode of care price, including an all-inclusive price or
25      itemized list of all standard services and fees for the applicable di-
26      agnosis-related group related to an uncomplicated labor and delivery,
27      whether vaginal, cesarean, or vaginal birth after cesarean, including
28      intake, room and board, delivery, antepartum care, postpartum care,
29      blood tests, and routine level I newborn care;
30      (b) Common additional charges, including an itemized price list that
31      includes fees for services such as epidural, anesthesia, episiotomy,
32      circumcision, vacuum extraction, forceps, and lactation consultation;
33      and
34      (c) A mandatory disclosure statement specifying that the numbers pro-
35      vided represent a price disclosure for an uncomplicated birth and can-
36      not predict additional costs associated with unforeseen complications.
37      (4) A hospital licensed in this state shall not enter into a contract
38 that prevents it from offering a discounted cash price for labor and delivery
39 health services below other contracted rates with either commercial or pub-
40 lic payers or that prevents the hospital from disclosing its discounted cash
41 price to patients. Any clause in an existing contract that violates this
42 subsection is void and unenforceable to the extent of the conflict.
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1     SECTION 2. An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby
2 declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after
3 July 1, 2026.