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MS HB159
Bill
Status
Failed
2/2/2010
Primary Sponsor
Brandon Jones
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AI Summary
- Requires all individual and group health insurance policies, HMOs, and health service plans regulated by Mississippi issued or renewed after July 1, 2010 to provide covered benefits for diagnosis and treatment of infertility, except for limited benefit policies and disease-specific plans
- Infertility treatment coverage limited to services certified as necessary by a health service provider and subject to same deductibles and coinsurance as other covered benefits
- Defines infertility as disease or condition causing abnormal functioning of male or female reproductive system, including conception difficulty and inability to carry pregnancy to live birth
- Establishes minimum lifetime maximum benefit of $20,000 for infertility treatment coverage
- Commissioner of Insurance responsible for enforcement of coverage requirements
Legislative Description
Health insurance; require coverage for treatment of infertility in certain policies.
Last Action
Died In Committee
2/2/2010
Full Bill Text
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