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GA HB588

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/21/2025

Primary Sponsor

Karla Drenner

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires health insurers in Georgia to cover fertility diagnostic care, fertility treatment, and fertility preservation services for fertility patients beginning January 1, 2026

  • Mandates coverage for at least three complete egg retrievals with unlimited embryo transfers, following American Society for Reproductive Medicine guidelines

  • Prohibits insurers from imposing waiting periods, using prior fertility diagnoses to limit coverage, or restricting coverage based on use of donor gametes, donor embryos, or surrogacy

  • Covers fertility preservation for individuals with medical conditions or undergoing treatments that may impair fertility, including cryopreservation storage for three years

  • Excludes coverage for experimental fertility procedures and nonmedical costs related to donors or surrogacy

Legislative Description

Insurance; coverage for fertility diagnostic care, treatment, and preservation services; provide

Last Action

House Second Readers

2/26/2025

Committee Referrals

Health2/24/2025

Full Bill Text

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