Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding maternity price transparency and disclosure.

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 AN ACT1 RELATING TO HOSPITALS; AMENDING CHAPTER 13, TITLE 39, IDAHO CODE, BY THE AD-2 DITION OF A NEW SECTION 39-1397, IDAHO CODE, TO ESTABLISH PROVISIONS RE-3 GARDING MATERNITY PRICE TRANSPARENCY AND DISCLOSURE; AND DECLARING AN4 EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.5

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:6

SECTION 1. That Chapter 13, Title 39, Idaho Code, be, and the same is7 hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-8 ignated as Section 39-1397, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:9 39-1397. MATERNITY PRICE TRANSPARENCY AND DISCLOSURE. (1) In addi-10 tion to reporting compliance with the federal hospital price transparency11 requirements of 45 CFR 180, every hospital licensed under this chapter12 that provides labor and delivery services shall ensure that its con-13 sumer-friendly price estimator portal displays a comprehensive quote for14 a maternity episode of care. This quote shall be available on a single15 dedicated page that is accessible by a single click from the portal's main16 pricing index.17 (2) Every hospital described by subsection (1) of this section shall18 create and maintain a clearly labeled, single-click entry point page within19 its publicly available price estimator tool for both a vaginal birth episode20 of care and a cesarean birth episode of care.21 (3) Each episode of care page required pursuant to subsection (2) of22 this section shall display:23 (a) An episode of care price, including an all-inclusive price or24 itemized list of all standard services and fees for the applicable di-25 agnosis-related group related to an uncomplicated labor and delivery,26 whether vaginal, cesarean, or vaginal birth after cesarean, including27 intake, room and board, delivery, antepartum care, postpartum care,28 blood tests, and routine level I newborn care;29 (b) Common additional charges, including an itemized price list that30 includes fees for services such as epidural, anesthesia, episiotomy,31 circumcision, vacuum extraction, forceps, and lactation consultation;32 and33 (c) A mandatory disclosure statement specifying that the numbers pro-34 vided represent a price disclosure for an uncomplicated birth and can-35 not predict additional costs associated with unforeseen complications.36 (4) A hospital licensed in this state shall not enter into a contract37 that prevents it from offering a discounted cash price for labor and delivery38 health services below other contracted rates with either commercial or pub-39 lic payers or that prevents the hospital from disclosing its discounted cash40 price to patients. Any clause in an existing contract that violates this41 subsection is void and unenforceable to the extent of the conflict.42

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SECTION 2. An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby1 declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after2 July 1, 2026.3