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SB535 • 2025

Requires health insurance coverage of specified fertility services and treatments with exemption for certain insurers.

Requires health insurance coverage of specified fertility services and treatments with exemption for certain insurers.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Senator Patterson,, Representative Neron, Senator Jama,
Last action
2025-06-27
Official status
In Senate Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

  1. 2025-06-27 Senate

    In committee upon adjournment.

  2. 2025-04-16 Senate

    Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. (Printed A-Eng.)

  3. 2025-04-16 Senate

    Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.

  4. 2025-04-08 Senate

    Work Session held.

  5. 2025-04-03 Senate

    Public Hearing held.

  6. 2025-01-17 Senate

    Referred to Health Care, then Ways and Means.

  7. 2025-01-13 Senate

    Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.

Official Summary Text

<b>Digest: This Act makes some health insurers cover some fertility treatments and exempts some insurers. Tells OHA and DCBS to study access to reproductive treatment and report back. Tells DCBS to make a program to pay for some services for persons with exempt insurers and creates a fund for this program. Changes how DCBS uses some money. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.1).</b>
[<i>Digest: The Act makes some health insurance cover some fertility treatments. The Act tells OHA and DCBS to study access to reproductive treatments and report back to the committee on health. The Act makes it an emergency. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7).</i>]
Requires health insurance coverage of specified fertility services and treatments with exemption for certain insurers.
Directs the Oregon Health Authority and the Department of Consumer and Business Services to study access to fertility and reproductive endocrinology services and report findings to the<b> committees or</b> interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health.
<b>Directs the department to administer a program to provide reimbursement for certain fertility services not covered by exempt insurers.
<b>Establishes the Market Equity Fund and modifies how certain assessments on certain health benefit plans are utilized.</b>
Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Relating to: Relating to infertility; declaring an emergency.
Current location: In Senate Committee