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House urges PEHP to cover fertility preservation for young cancer patients
Utah House of Representatives · February 10, 2023
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Summary
First substitute HJR 8 asks the Public Employees Health Program to cover fertility preservation (sperm/egg harvesting and storage) for up to five years for young patients whose cancer treatment threatens fertility; sponsors cited an estimated $113,000 annual PEHP cost and the resolution passed the House.
Representative Raymond Ward presented the first substitute to House Joint Resolution 8 asking PEHP to cover fertility preservation for young people who will lose fertility as a result of life-saving cancer treatments. Ward described his son's cancer diagnosis and…
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