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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
501
BY
PETERSEN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
medical
assistance
program
and
Hawki
program
1
coverage
for
standard
fertility
preservation
services.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
249A.59
Fertility
preservation.
1
1.
As
used
in
this
section,
unless
the
context
otherwise
2
requires:
3
a.
“ASRM”
means
the
American
society
for
reproductive
4
medicine
or
its
successor
organization.
5
b.
“Standard
fertility
preservation
services”
means
6
procedures
and
services
consistent
with
established
medical
7
practices
or
professional
guidelines
published
by
ASRM
or
8
the
American
society
of
clinical
oncology,
or
its
successor
9
organization,
for
a
person
who
has
a
medical
condition
or
is
10
expected
to
undergo
medication
therapy,
surgery,
radiation,
11
chemotherapy,
or
other
medical
treatment
that
is
recognized
12
by
health
care
professionals
to
cause
a
risk
of
fertility
13
impairment.
14
2.
The
department
shall
submit
any
state
plan
amendment
15
or
waiver
as
may
be
necessary
to
the
centers
for
Medicare
and
16
Medicaid
services
of
the
United
States
department
of
health
17
and
human
services
to
provide
coverage
under
Medicaid
for
18
standard
fertility
preservation
services,
including
up
to
three
19
completed
oocyte
retrievals
with
unlimited
embryo
transfers
20
in
accordance
with
the
guidelines
of
the
ASRM,
using
single
21
embryo
transfer
if
recommended
and
medically
appropriate.
Upon
22
receipt
of
federal
approval,
the
medical
assistance
program
23
shall
immediately
provide
coverage
for
standard
fertility
24
preservation
services.
25
Sec.
2.
HAWKI
——
FERTILITY
PRESERVATION.
26
1.
As
used
in
this
section,
unless
the
context
otherwise
27
requires:
28
a.
“ASRM”
means
the
American
society
for
reproductive
29
medicine
or
its
successor
organization.
30
b.
“Standard
fertility
preservation
services”
means
31
procedures
and
services
consistent
with
established
medical
32
practices
or
professional
guidelines
published
by
ASRM
or
33
the
American
society
of
clinical
oncology
or
its
successor
34
organization
for
a
person
who
has
a
medical
condition
or
is
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expected
to
undergo
medication
therapy,
surgery,
radiation,
1
chemotherapy,
or
other
medical
treatment
that
is
recognized
2
by
health
care
professionals
to
cause
a
risk
of
fertility
3
impairment.
4
2.
The
department
shall
submit
any
Medicaid
state
plan
5
amendment
or
waiver
as
may
be
necessary
to
the
centers
for
6
Medicare
and
Medicaid
services
of
the
United
States
department
7
of
health
and
human
services
to
provide
coverage
under
the
8
Hawki
program
for
standard
fertility
preservation
services,
9
including
up
to
three
completed
oocyte
retrievals
with
10
unlimited
embryo
transfers
in
accordance
with
the
guidelines
11
of
the
ASRM,
using
single
embryo
transfer
if
recommended
and
12
medically
appropriate.
Upon
receipt
of
federal
approval,
the
13
Hawki
program
shall
immediately
provide
coverage
for
standard
14
fertility
preservation
services.
15
EXPLANATION
16
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
17
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
18
This
bill
requires
the
department
of
health
and
human
19
services
to
submit
any
Medicaid
state
plan
amendment
or
waiver
20
as
may
be
necessary
to
the
centers
for
Medicare
and
Medicaid
21
services
of
the
United
States
department
of
health
and
human
22
services
for
the
medical
assistance
program
and
the
Hawki
23
program
to
provide
coverage
for
standard
fertility
preservation
24
services,
including
oocyte
retrievals
and
embryo
transfers.
25
Upon
receipt
of
federal
approval,
the
medical
assistance
26
program
and
the
Hawki
program
shall
immediately
provide
27
coverage
for
standard
fertility
preservation
services.
28
The
bill
defines
“ASRM”
and
“standard
fertility
preservation
29
services”.
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