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Bill Would Expand Public-employee Fertility Benefits; PERS Fiscal Note, Employers Raise Cost Concerns
Summary
House Bill 1282 would change public-employee fertility benefits by removing a $20,000 lifetime cap and specifying rounds of treatment; proponents including patients and medical groups said the cap is inadequate, while business groups warned mandates would raise private-sector costs and PERS provided a neutral fiscal analysis.
Representative Mike Brandenburg presented House Bill 1282 to the House Human Services Committee, describing infertility as a disease and saying the bill aims to expand access to fertility treatments through changes to public-employee benefit rules and by requiring a report to the Legislature.
"A lot of people will say this bill is a mandate. I would beg to differ," Representative Mike Brandenburg said, describing the bill as an effort to standardize and modernize coverage rather than to impose an unfunded requirement. The bill would remove a lifetime dollar cap and instead require coverage for specified cycles and procedures and direct the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) to provide a…
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