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Rep. Margaret Croke
Filed: 3/13/2024
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4112
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4112, AS AMENDED, |
| 3 | | with reference to page and line numbers of House Amendment No. |
| 4 | | 1, on page 3, line 22 by replacing "January 1, 2026" with "July |
| 5 | | 1, 2026"; and
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| 6 | | on page 3, line 23, by replacing "January" with "July"; and
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| 7 | | by deleting line 7 on page 9 through line 7 on page 10; and
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| 8 | | on page 11, immediately below line 11, by inserting the |
| 9 | | following: |
| 10 | | "(c) No group policy of accident and health insurance that |
| 11 | | provides pregnancy related benefits may be issued, amended, |
| 12 | | delivered, or renewed in this State on or after January 1, 2026 |
| 13 | | unless the policy contains coverage for the diagnosis and |
| 14 | | treatment of infertility, including, but not limited to, in |
| 15 | | vitro fertilization, uterine embryo lavage, embryo transfer, |
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| 1 | | artificial insemination, gamete intrafallopian tube transfer, |
| 2 | | zygote intrafallopian tube transfer, and low tubal ovum |
| 3 | | transfer and procedures necessary to screen or diagnose a |
| 4 | | fertilized egg before implantation, including, but not limited |
| 5 | | to, preimplantation genetic diagnosis, preimplantation genetic |
| 6 | | screening, and prenatal genetic diagnosis. Coverage under this |
| 7 | | subsection for the diagnosis and treatment of infertility |
| 8 | | shall be required only if the procedures: |
| 9 | | (1) are considered medically appropriate by the |
| 10 | | patient's medical provider based on clinical guidelines or |
| 11 | | standards developed by the American Society for |
| 12 | | Reproductive Medicine, the American College of |
| 13 | | Obstetricians and Gynecologists, or the Society for |
| 14 | | Assisted Reproductive Technology; and |
| 15 | | (2) are performed at medical facilities or clinics |
| 16 | | that conform to the American College of Obstetricians and |
| 17 | | Gynecologists guidelines for in vitro fertilization or the |
| 18 | | American Society for Reproductive Medicine minimum |
| 19 | | standards for practices offering assisted reproductive |
| 20 | | technologies."; and
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| 21 | | on page 11, line 12, by replacing "(c)" with "(d) (c)"; and
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| 22 | | on page 12, line 1, by replacing "(d)" with "(e) (d)"; and
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| 23 | | on page 12, line 15, by replacing "(e)" with "(f)"; and
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