HI HCR28

Requests the State Auditor to assess social and financial effects of mandating health insurance coverage for fertility preservation procedures (cryopreservation) for cancer patients whose cancer or treatment may affect fertility.

Requires the Auditor to survey other states that implemented cryopreservation coverage mandates and document their social and financial impacts, including California and Connecticut.

Directs the Auditor to research whether proposed coverage exceeds essential health benefits, define appropriate "reproductive age" standards with success rate analysis, examine current coverage standards by public and private entities, and address ethical and legal issues regarding cryopreserved material storage and ownership.

Specifies the Auditor must examine medically necessary alternative infertility treatments that may be more cost-effective, current medical literature on cryopreservation efficacy, and whether coverage should be limited to iatrogenic infertility from medical treatment.

Requires the Auditor to submit findings and recommendations to the Legislature no later than twenty days before the Regular Session of 2023 convenes.