Rep. Margaret Croke
Filed: 3/13/2024
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4112 | ||||||
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 | ||||||
6 | on page 3, line 23, by replacing " January " with " July "; and | ||||||
7 | by deleting line 7 on page 9 through line 7 on page 10; and | ||||||
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 | ||||||
21 | on page 11, line 12, by replacing "(c)" with " (d) (c) "; and | ||||||
22 | on page 12, line 1, by replacing "(d)" with " (e) (d) "; and | ||||||
23 | on page 12, line 15, by replacing " (e) " with " (f) "; and |
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1 | by deleting line 16 on page 15 through line 26 on page 16. |