Virginia HB 776: Health insurance; coverage for fertility preservation procedures for cancer patients.

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20101568D

HOUSE BILL NO. 776 

Offered January 8, 2020 

Prefiled January 7, 2020 

A BILL to amend and reenact � 38.2-4319 of the Code of 
 Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 38.2-3418.18, 
 relating to health insurance; coverage for certain fertility preservation 
 procedures for cancer patients. 
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Patron-- Helmer 

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Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce 

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That � 38.2-4319 of the Code of Virginia is amended and 
 reenacted and that the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 
 38.2-3418.18 as follows:

� 38.2-3418.18. 
 Coverage for fertility preservation procedures for cancer 
 patients.

A. Notwithstanding the 
 provisions of � 38.2-3419, each insurer proposing to issue individual or group 
 accident and sickness insurance policies providing hospital, medical and 
 surgical, or major medical coverage on an expense-incurred basis; each 
 corporation providing individual or group accident and sickness subscription 
 contracts; and each health maintenance organization providing a health care 
 plan for health care services shall provide coverage under any such policy, 
 contract, or plan for standard fertility preservation procedures that are 
 medically necessary to preserve the fertility of a covered individual due to the covered 
 individual's receiving cancer treatment 
 that may directly or indirectly cause iatrogenic infertility.

B. As used in 
 this section:

"Cancer treatment that 
 may directly or indirectly cause iatrogenic infertility" means a cancer 
 treatment that has a likely side effect of infertility as established by the 
 American Society for Reproductive Medicine, the American College of 
 Obstetricians and Gynecologists, or the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

"Covered individual" 
 means a policyholder, subscriber, enrollee, participant, or other individual 
 covered by an insurance policy, subscription contract, or health care plan 
 described in subsection A.

"Iatrogenic 
 infertility" means an impairment of fertility caused directly or 
 indirectly by surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, or other medical treatment of cancer affecting 
 the reproductive organs or processes.

"Standard fertility 
 preservation procedures" means procedures to preserve fertility that are 
 consistent with established medical practices and professional guidelines 
 published by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, the American 
 College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, or the American Society of Clinical 
 Oncology. "Standard fertility preservation procedures" includes sperm 
 and oocyte cryopreservation and evaluations, laboratory assessments, 
 medications, and treatment