Signed by Governor Larry Hogan, Jr.

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires insurance companies to cover fertility treatments for cancer patients.

Highlights:

• Requires insurance companies to cover certain fertility preservation procedures when a policyholder needs medical treatment that has a likely side effect of infertility (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that the required coverage includes lab tests, medications and other treatments associated with sperm and oocyte cryopreservation (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that this bill does not require insurance companies to cover the storage of sperm or oocyte (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that insurance companies are not required to provide fertility treatment coverage to a religious organization that requests and receives an exclusion from in vitro fertilization coverage (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that these requirements apply to all policies, contracts, and health benefit plans issued or renewed in Maryland on or after January 1, 2019 (Sec. 2).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires insurance companies to cover fertility treatments for cancer patients.

Highlights:

• Requires insurance companies to cover certain fertility preservation procedures when a policyholder needs medical treatment that has a likely side effect of infertility (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that the required coverage includes lab tests, medications and other treatments associated with sperm and oocyte cryopreservation (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that this bill does not require insurance companies to cover the storage of sperm or oocyte (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that insurance companies are not required to provide fertility treatment coverage to a religious organization that requests and receives an exclusion from in vitro fertilization coverage (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that these requirements apply to all policies, contracts, and health benefit plans issued or renewed in Maryland on or after January 1, 2019 (Sec. 2).

Full Bill Text