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Committee advances bill to require insurance coverage for fertility treatment including IVF
Summary
After hours of personal testimony and technical questioning, the House Health and Human Services Committee advanced House Bill 565, the "Building Families Act," which would require state-regulated insurers to cover diagnosis and treatment of infertility, including IVF, subject to a $40,000 lifetime cap and fiscal offsets described by plan administrators.
Representative John Staffman introduced House Bill 565, the Building Families Act, telling the House Health and Human Services Committee the measure would “provide mandatory insurance coverage for fertility treatment up to and including IVF.” The sponsor said the bill follows clinical definitions from leading medical societies and includes a lifetime benefit cap of $40,000 per person.
The hearing drew more than a dozen proponents who gave detailed, often emotional accounts of infertility and the costs of treatment. Ann Angus of Bozeman said she became pregnant via IVF after learning she was a carrier of a serious genetic condition and credited fertility coverage for making that pregnancy possible. “I’m very happily currently pregnant via IVF,” Angus said. Several other…
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