General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5968
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 1364
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Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
REP. LESSER, 100th Dist. REP. LUXENBERG, 12th Dist. REP. SIMMONS, 144th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 5968
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 1364
*01364*
Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
REP. LESSER, 100th Dist.
REP. LUXENBERG, 12th Dist.
REP. SIMMONS, 144th Dist.
AN ACT REQUIRING HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR FERTILITY PRESERVATION FOR INSUREDS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to require health insurance coverage of fertility preservation procedures for any insured who (1) is at least eighteen years of age, and (2) has been diagnosed with cancer but has not started cancer treatment.
Statement of Purpose:
To require health insurance coverage for fertility preservation for insureds diagnosed with cancer.