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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017

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RELATING TO INSURANCE -- INFERTILITY

     Introduced By: Representatives Walsh, Ajello, Donovan, Casimiro, and Regunberg

     Date Introduced: February 16, 2017

     Referred To: House Corporations

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 27-18-30 of the General Laws in Chapter 27-18 entitled "Accident

and Sickness Insurance Policies" is hereby amended to read as follows:

     27-18-30. Health insurance contracts -- Infertility.

     (a) Any health insurance contract, plan, or policy delivered or issued for delivery or

renewed in this state, except contracts providing supplemental coverage to Medicare or other

governmental programs, which includes pregnancy related benefits, shall provide coverage for

medically necessary expenses of diagnosis and treatment of infertility for women between the

ages of twenty-five (25) and forty-two (42) years. To the extent that a health insurance contract

provides reimbursement for a test or procedure used in the diagnosis or treatment of conditions

other than infertility, the tests and procedures shall not be excluded from reimbursement when

provided attendant to the diagnosis and treatment of infertility for women between the ages of

twenty-five (25) and forty-two (42) years; provided, that a subscriber co-payment not to exceed

twenty percent (20%) may be required for those programs and/or procedures the sole purpose of

which is the treatment of infertility.

     (b) For the purpose of this section, "infertility" means the condition of an otherwise

presumably healthy married individual who is unable to conceive or sustain a pregnancy during a

period of one year.

     (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of § 27-18-19 or any other provision to the contrary,

this section shall apply to blanket or group policies of insurance.

     (d) The health insurance contract may limit coverage to a lifetime cap of one hundred

thousand dollars ($100,000).

     SECTION 2. Section 27-19-23 of the General Laws in Chapter 27-19 entitled "Nonprofit

Hospital Service Corporations" is hereby amended to read as follows:

     27-19-23. Coverage for infertility.

     (a) Any nonprofit hospital service contract, plan, or insurance policies delivered, issued

for delivery, or renewed in this state, except contracts providing supplemental coverage to

Medicare or other governmental programs, which includes pregnancy related benefits shall

provide coverage for medically necessary expenses of diagnosis and treatment of infertility for

women between the ages of twenty-five (25) and forty-two (42) years. To the extent that a

nonprofit hospital service corporation provides reimbursement for a test or procedure used in the

diagnosis or treatment of conditions other than infertility, those tests and procedures shall not be

excluded from reimbursement when provided attendant to the diagnosis and treatment of

infertility for women between the ages of twenty-five (25) and forty-two (42) years; provided,

that a subscriber copayment, not to exceed twenty percent (20%), may be required for those

programs and/or procedures the sole purpose of which is the treatment of infertility.

     (b) For the purposes of this section, "infertility" means the condition of an otherwise

presumably healthy married individual who is unable to conceive or sustain a pregnancy during a

period of one year.

     (c) The health insurance contract may limit coverage to a lifetime cap of one hundred

thousand dollars ($100,000).

     SECTION 3. Section 27-20-20 of the General Laws in Chapter 27-20 entitled "Nonprofit

Medical Service Corporations" is hereby amended to read as follows:

     27-20-20. Coverage for infertility.

     (a) Any nonprofit medical service contract, plan, or insurance policies delivered, issued

for delivery, or renewed in this state, except contracts providing supplemental coverage to

Medicare or other governmental programs, which includes pregnancy related benefits shall

provide coverage for the medically necessary expenses of diagnosis and treatment of infertility

for women between the ages of twenty-five (25) and forty-two (42) years. To the extent that a

nonprofit medical service corporation provides reimbursement for a test or procedure used in the

diagnosis or treatment of conditions other than infertility, those tests and procedures shall not be

excluded from reimbursement when provided attendant to the diagnosis and treatment of

infertility for women between the ages of twenty-five (25) and forty-two (42) years. Provided,

that subscriber copayment, not to exceed twenty percent (20%), may be required for those

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programs and/or procedures the sole purpose of which is the treatment of infertility.

     (b) For the purposes of this section, "infertility" means the condition of an otherwise

presumably healthy married individual who is unable to conceive or sustain a pregnancy during a

period of one year.

     (c) The health insurance contract may limit coverage to a lifetime cap of one hundred

thousand dollars ($100,000).

     SECTION 4. Section 27-41-33 of the General Laws in Chapter 27-41 entitled "Health

Maintenance Organizations" is hereby amended to read as follows:

     27-41-33. Coverage for infertility.

     (a) Any health maintenance organization service contract plan or policy delivered, issued

for delivery, or renewed in this state, except a contract providing supplemental coverage to

Medicare or other governmental programs, which includes pregnancy related benefits, shall

provide coverage for medically necessary expenses of diagnosis and treatment of infertility for

women between the ages of twenty-five (25) and forty-two (42) years. To the extent that a health

maintenance organization provides reimbursement for a test or procedure used in the diagnosis or

treatment of conditions other than infertility, those tests and procedures shall not be excluded

from reimbursement when provided attendant to the diagnosis and treatment of infertility for

women between the ages of twenty-five (25) and forty-two (42) years; provided, that subscriber

copayment, not to exceed twenty percent (20%), may be required for those programs and/or

procedures the sole purpose of which is the treatment of infertility.

     (b) For the purpose of this section, "infertility" means the condition of an otherwise

healthy married individual who is unable to conceive or sustain a pregnancy during a period of

one year.

     (c) The health insurance contract may limit coverage to a lifetime cap of one hundred

thousand dollars ($100,000).

     SECTION 5. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO INSURANCE -- INFERTILITY

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     This act would provide insurance for infertility regardless of marital status.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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