Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session
Relating to: coverage of infertility services under health policies and plans and granting rule-making authority.
Insurance — Health Maternal and infant care Public employee — Group insurance
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
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What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires health insurance policies and self-insured governmental
health plans that cover medical or hospital expenses to cover diagnosis of and
treatment for infertility and standard fertility preservation services. Coverage
required under the bill must include at least four completed egg retrievals with
unlimited embryo transfers in accordance with certain guidelines and single embryo
transfer is allowed when recommended and medically appropriate. Policies and
plans are prohibited from imposing an exclusion, limitation, or other restriction on
coverage of medications of which the bill requires coverage that is not imposed on any
other prescription medications covered under the policy or plan. Similarly, policies
and plans may not impose any exclusion, limitation, cost-sharing requirement,
benefit maximum, waiting period or other restriction on diagnosis, treatment, or
services for which coverage is required under the bill that is different from any
exclusion, limitation, cost-sharing requirement, benefit maximum, waiting period
or other restriction imposed on benefits for other services. Also, policies and plans
may not impose an exclusion, limitation, or other restriction on diagnosis, treatment,
or services for which coverage is required under the bill on the basis that an insured
person participates in fertility services provided by or to a third party. Current law
refers to health insurance policies as disability insurance policies.
This proposal may contain a health insurance mandate requiring a social and
financial impact report under s. 601.423, stats.
Sponsors
Introduced by: Anderson (D) , Andraca (D) , Baldeh (D) , Billings (D) , Bowen (D) , Brostoff (D) , Cabrera (D) , Conley (D) , Drake (D) , Emerson (D) , Goyke (D) , Hebl (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Hong (D) , Neubauer (D) , S. Rodriguez (D) , Shankland (D) , Shelton (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Vining (D)
Full history
- Dec 7, 2021 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Emerson, Vining, Anderson, Andraca, Baldeh, Billings, Bowen, Brostoff, Cabrera, Conley, Drake, Goyke, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hong, Neubauer, S. Rodriguez, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stubbs and Subeck; cosponsored by Senators Roys, Agard, Erpenbach, Johnson, Larson, Pfaff, Smith and L. Taylor
- Dec 7, 2021 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance
- Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1