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NJ A5383

Bill

Status

Engrossed

6/30/2025

Primary Sponsor

Alexander Schnall

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Origin

General Assembly

2024-2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires Medicaid to cover ovulation enhancing drugs and related medical services for beneficiaries ages 21-44 experiencing infertility, contingent on federal financial participation

  • Limits covered medical services to office visits, hysterosalpingograms, pelvic ultrasounds, and blood testing related to prescribing and monitoring ovulation enhancing drugs

  • Caps coverage at three cycles of treatment per beneficiary's lifetime

  • Defines infertility as failure to conceive after 12 months of unprotected intercourse for ages 21-34, or after 6 months for ages 35-44, with protections ensuring coverage cannot be denied based on relationship status or sexual orientation

  • Directs the Commissioner of Human Services to apply for necessary federal waivers and adopt implementing regulations, with the act taking effect on the first day of the fourth month following enactment

Legislative Description

Requires unrestricted Medicaid coverage for ovulation enhancing drugs and medical services related to administering such drugs for certain beneficiaries experiencing infertility.

Budget and Appropriations

Last Action

Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee

12/8/2025

Committee Referrals

Budget and Appropriations12/8/2025
Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens10/20/2025
Appropriations6/12/2025
Health3/6/2025

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