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IN HB1059
Bill
Status
1/4/2017
Primary Sponsor
Robin Shackleford
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AI Summary
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Insurers offering group accident and sickness insurance policies that include pregnancy-related coverage must offer in vitro fertilization (IVF) coverage for outpatient expenses to group sponsors, effective July 1, 2017.
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Health maintenance organizations providing group contracts with pregnancy-related coverage must similarly offer IVF coverage for outpatient expenses to group sponsors.
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IVF coverage applies only when the patient has at least 5 continuous years of infertility history or infertility associated with endometriosis, diethylstilbestrol exposure, blocked or removed fallopian tubes, or oligospermia.
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Coverage requires fertilization using only the spouse's sperm, unsuccessful attempts at less costly infertility treatments, and procedures at facilities meeting American Society for Reproductive Medicine standards.
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Religious exemption allows insurers and health maintenance organizations affiliated with bona fide religious denominations that consider IVF contrary to essential moral principles to decline offering this coverage.
Legislative Description
Coverage for in vitro fertilization. Requires an insurer that issues a group accident and sickness insurance policy, and a health maintenance organization that enters into a group contract, that provides pregnancy related coverage to offer to the group sponsor certain coverage for in vitro fertilization procedures. Provides a religious exemption.
Last Action
Representative Porter added as coauthor
2/2/2017