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LEGISLATURE
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IDAHO
Sixty-eighth
Legislature
Second
Regular
Session
-
2026
IN
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE
BILL
NO.
818
BY
HEALTH
AND
WELFARE
COMMITTEE
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
FERTILITY
PRESERVATION
SERVICES;
AMENDING
CHAPTER
18,
TITLE
2
41,
IDAHO
CODE,
BY
THE
ADDITION
OF
A
NEW
SECTION
41
-
1854,
IDAHO
CODE,
TO
3
ESTABLISH
PROVISIONS
REGARDING
COVERAGE
FOR
CERTAIN
FERTILITY
PRESER
-
4
VATION
SERVICES;
AND
DECLARING
AN
EMERGENCY
AND
PROVIDING
AN
EFFECTIVE
5
DATE.
6
Be
It
Enacted
by
the
Legislature
of
the
State
of
Idaho:
7
SECTION
1.
That
Chapter
18,
Title
41,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
8
hereby
amended
by
the
addition
thereto
of
a
NEW
SECTION
,
to
be
known
and
des
-
9
ignated
as
Section
41
-
1854,
Idaho
Code,
and
to
read
as
follows:
10
41
-
1854.
COVERAGE
FOR
CERTAIN
FERTILITY
PRESERVATION
SERVICES.
(1)
As
1
1
used
in
this
section:
12
(a)
"Fertility
preservation
services"
means
the
collection
and
preser
-
13
vation
of
sperm,
unfertilized
oocytes,
and
ovarian
tissue.
14
(b)
"Fertility
preservation
services"
does
not
include
the
storage
of
15
such
unfertilized
genetic
materials.
16
(2)
This
section
shall
apply
only
to
a
health
benefit
plan
that
provides
17
benefits
for
medical
or
surgical
expenses
incurred
as
a
result
of
a
health
18
condition,
accident,
or
sickness,
including
an
individual,
group,
blanket,
19
or
franchise
insurance
policy
or
insurance
agreement,
a
group
hospital
ser
-
20
vice
contract,
or
an
individual
group
evidence
of
coverage
or
similar
cover
-
21
age
document
that
is
offered
by:
22
(a)
An
insurance
company;
23
(b)
A
group
hospital
service
corporation
operating
pursuant
to
chapter
24
34,
title
41,
Idaho
Code;
25
(c)
A
managed
care
organization
operating
pursuant
to
chapter
39,
title
26
41,
Idaho
Code;
27
(d)
A
fraternal
benefit
society
operating
pursuant
to
chapter
32,
title
28
41,
Idaho
Code;
or
29
(e)
An
exchange
operating
pursuant
to
chapter
61,
title
41,
Idaho
Code.
30
(3)
Notwithstanding
any
other
provision
of
law
to
the
contrary,
a
group
31
or
individual
health
benefit
plan
providing
benefits
for
medical
or
surgical
32
expenses
incurred
as
a
result
of
a
health
condition,
accident,
or
sickness
33
shall
provide
coverage
for
fertility
preservation
services
to
a
covered
per
-
34
son
who
will
receive
a
medically
necessary
treatment
for
cancer,
including
35
surgery,
chemotherapy,
or
radiation,
that
the
American
society
of
clinical
36
oncology
or
the
American
society
for
reproductive
medicine
has
established
37
may
directly
or
indirectly
cause
impaired
fertility.
38
(4)
The
fertility
preservation
services
described
by
subsection
(3)
of
39
this
section
shall
be
standard
procedures
to
preserve
fertility
consistent
40
with
established
medical
practices
or
professional
guidelines
published
by
41
2
the
American
society
of
clinical
oncology
or
the
American
society
for
repro
-
1
ductive
medicine.
2
SECTION
2.
An
emergency
existing
therefor,
which
emergency
is
hereby
3
declared
to
exist,
this
act
shall
be
in
full
force
and
effect
on
and
after
4
July
1,
2026.
5