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Assembly committee advances bill to require Medicaid coverage for monitoring tied to fertility drugs
Summary
A New Jersey Assembly committee voted to release A5383, which would require Medicaid to cover monitoring visits and services linked to ovulation‑enhancing medications for beneficiaries experiencing infertility, despite two no votes on the committee.
Assemblyman Schnall, sponsor of A5383, told the Assembly Health Committee that the bill would require Medicaid to cover medical visits, blood tests and imaging tied to ovulation‑enhancing drugs for certain beneficiaries experiencing infertility. “For reasons that none of us know, Medicaid does not cover the costs of those extra doctor visits, x rays, and so on,” Schnall said.
The proposal, which the committee voted to release as amended, aims…
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