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Full Text of HB3709  102nd General Assembly

HB3709 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB3709

 

Introduced 2/22/2021, by Rep. Margaret Croke

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
215 ILCS 5/356m  from Ch. 73, par. 968m

    Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of infertility shall be provided without discrimination on the basis of age, ancestry, color, disability, domestic partner status, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation. Removes provisions stating that "infertility" means the inability to conceive after one year of unprotected sexual intercourse or the inability to sustain a successful pregnancy.


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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by
5changing Section 356m as follows:
 
6    (215 ILCS 5/356m)  (from Ch. 73, par. 968m)
7    Sec. 356m. Infertility coverage.
8    (a) No group policy of accident and health insurance
9providing coverage for more than 25 employees that provides
10pregnancy related benefits may be issued, amended, delivered,
11or renewed in this State after the effective date of this
12amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly unless the policy
13contains coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of
14infertility including, but not limited to, in vitro
15fertilization, uterine embryo lavage, embryo transfer,
16artificial insemination, gamete intrafallopian tube transfer,
17zygote intrafallopian tube transfer, and low tubal ovum
18transfer.
19    (b) The coverage required under subsection (a) is subject
20to the following conditions:
21        (1) Coverage for procedures for in vitro
22    fertilization, gamete intrafallopian tube transfer, or
23    zygote intrafallopian tube transfer shall be required only

 

 

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1    if:
2            (A) the covered individual has been unable to
3        attain a viable pregnancy, maintain a viable
4        pregnancy, or sustain a successful pregnancy through
5        reasonable, less costly medically appropriate
6        infertility treatments for which coverage is available
7        under the policy, plan, or contract;
8            (B) the covered individual has not undergone 4
9        completed oocyte retrievals, except that if a live
10        birth follows a completed oocyte retrieval, then 2
11        more completed oocyte retrievals shall be covered; and
12            (C) the procedures are performed at medical
13        facilities that conform to the American College of
14        Obstetric and Gynecology guidelines for in vitro
15        fertilization clinics or to the American Fertility
16        Society minimal standards for programs of in vitro
17        fertilization.
18        (2) The procedures required to be covered under this
19    Section are not required to be contained in any policy or
20    plan issued to or by a religious institution or
21    organization or to or by an entity sponsored by a
22    religious institution or organization that finds the
23    procedures required to be covered under this Section to
24    violate its religious and moral teachings and beliefs.
25    (c) As used in For purpose of this Section, "infertility"
26means the inability to conceive after one year of unprotected

 

 

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1sexual intercourse, the inability to conceive after one year
2of attempts to produce conception or , the inability to
3conceive after an individual is diagnosed with a condition
4affecting fertility, or the inability to sustain a successful
5pregnancy.
6    (d) The coverage of diagnosis and treatment of infertility
7shall be provided without discrimination on the basis of age,
8ancestry, color, disability, domestic partner status, gender,
9gender expression, gender identity, genetic information,
10marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, or
11sexual orientation.
12(Source: P.A. 99-421, eff. 1-1-16.)