Three newborn care procedures added to maternity insurance benefits
The order of 12 March 2026 adds three procedures to the list of benefits covered by maternity insurance (order of 23 December 2004): immediate or delayed resuscitation of a newborn in life-threatening distress; monitoring in an obstetric unit of a baby requiring an incubator or short-term care; and medical preparation and monitoring of a newborn for medical transfer to a specialised centre.
Measure originators
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Measure impact
Families whose newborn receives one of these procedures from 15 March 2026: the procedures fall under maternity insurance, which covers costs without patient co-payment under the conditions of the Social Security Code.
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