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Committee backs bill to require insurers cover harvesting and one-year storage of reproductive tissue for select diagnoses
Summary
House Bill 94 (LC520653) won a do-pass recommendation from the House Health Committee after witnesses said the measure would require insurers to cover the cost of harvesting and storing reproductive tissue for up to one year for people diagnosed with cancer, sickle cell disease or lupus.
House Bill 94 (LC520653) won a do-pass recommendation from the House Health Committee after supporters said it would remove a financial barrier to fertility preservation for people facing medical treatments that can cause infertility.
Representative Lumsden, the bill sponsor, told the committee the measure “will provide insurance coverage for costs associated with the harvesting and storage for up to 1 year of certain biological tissues necessary for future in vitro fertilization for those individuals who have been diagnosed” with the specified conditions. He added, “This bill does not cover the cost of in vitro…
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