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GA HB1204
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/8/2024
Primary Sponsor
Eddie Lumsden
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AI Summary
- Every health benefit policy issued or renewed after July 1, 2025, must cover medically necessary standard fertility preservation services—including egg, sperm, embryo, and ovarian tissue cryopreservation—when treatment for cancer, sickle cell disease, or lupus may cause iatrogenic infertility
- Required coverage includes evaluation expenses, laboratory assessments, medications, treatment, and storage of gametes for up to one year; insurers may exclude storage costs beyond one year
- Insurers may impose age restrictions, lifetime limits per procedure per insured, and limit coverage to nonexperimental procedures
- Fertility preservation benefits must be subject to the same deductibles, coinsurance, and copayments as other covered medical services, with no special cost-sharing limitations imposed
- The Insurance Commissioner is directed to promulgate implementing rules and regulations consistent with guidelines from the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Society for Reproductive Medicine
Legislative Description
Insurance; medically necessary expenses for standard fertility preservation services when a medically necessary treatment for cancer, sickle cell disease, or lupus may directly or indirectly cause iatrogenic infertility; require coverage
Last Action
House Committee Favorably Reported
2/16/2024
Committee Referrals
Public Health2/9/2024
Full Bill Text
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