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Bipartisan Bill Aims to Make Minnesota Health Insurers Cover Infertility Treatments
The bill would mandate infertility treatment coverage for all health plans offering maternity benefits and aims to aid one in seven Minnesotans facing infertility, advocates say.
- The Minnesota Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee advanced SF 1961 in a 6-5 vote on Thursday, March 5, to the Senate Health and Human Services Committee.
- As a bipartisan measure, SF 1961 would require health plans with maternity benefits, including Medical Assistance and MinnesotaCare, to cover infertility care; Sen. Erin Maye Quade sponsors it.
- Under the bill's coverage rules, unlimited embryo transfers would be covered, with up to four completed oocyte retrievals and fertility services defined by American Society for Reproductive Medicine and American Society of Clinical Oncology guidelines.
- The committee approved an amendment by Sen. Zach Duckworth, R-Lakeville, while opponents including Rebecca Delahunt, director of public policy, Minnesota Family Council, raised ethical concerns over surrogacy and infertility treatments.
- If enacted, the law would require the Commissioner of Commerce to reimburse health plan companies and bar cost-sharing above maternity levels, aiding the one in seven couples facing infertility in Minnesota.
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Bipartisan bill would make infertility treatments more affordable for Minnesotans
ST. PAUL — Advocates for the “Minnesota Building Families Act” sported bright orange shirts Thursday, March 5, in support of a bill that lawmakers from both sides of the aisle that would make infertility treatments more affordable for Minnesotans. SF 1961 would require all health plans that provide Minnesotans with maternity benefits — including Medical Assistance and MinnesotaCare — to cover infertility treatment and fertility preservation serv…
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