Health Insurance Ass'n of America v. Harnett

The Health Insurance Association of America, and various insurance companies, have brought this action for a judgment declaring unconstitutional a recently enacted statute which, requires that every health insurance policy issued in this State include "coverage for maternity care * * * to the same extent that hospital, surgical or medical coverage is provided for illness or disease under the policy”. Defendant Superintendent of Insurance now moves for summary judgment, and plaintiffs cross-move for summary judgment.

The challenged statute, chapter 843 of the Laws of 1976, was adopted as part…