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1	1		GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
2	2		SESSION 2025
3		-	H 1
4		-	HOUSE BILL 744
	3	+	H D
	4	+	HOUSE BILL DRH10239-MGa-118
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7	8		Short Title: Fertility Preservation Pilot Program. (Public)
8		-	Sponsors: Representatives Campbell, Cotham, and Schietzelt (Primary Sponsors).
9		-	For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
10		-	Referred to: Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
11		-	April 3, 2025
12		-	H744 -v-1
	9	+	Sponsors: Representative Campbell.
	10	+	Referred to:
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	12	+	DRH10239 -MGa-118
13	13		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
14	14		AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS TO THE OFFICE OF STATE BUDGET AND 2
15	15		MANAGEMENT FOR A FERTILITY PRESERVATION PILOT PROGRAM . 3
16	16		The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
17	17		SECTION 1.(a) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Office of State 5
18	18		Budget and Management the sum of two million two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($2,250,000) 6
19	19		in nonrecurring funds for each year of the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium to be awarded as directed 7
20	20		grants in equal amounts to the following entities for the Fertility Preservation Pilot Program 8
21	21		authorized by subsection (b) of this section: 9
22	22		(1) Duke University School of Medicine's Onco-Fertility Program. 10
23	23		(2) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine's Fertility 11
24	24		Clinic/Fertility Preservation Program. 12
25	25		(3) The Atrium Health Levine Cancer Center's REhope Cancer Fertility 13
26	26		Treatment Program. 14
27	27		SECTION 1.(b) There is established a Fertility Preservation Pilot Program 15
28	28		(Program) for the period commencing July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2032. The purpose of 16
29	29		the pilot program is to assist individuals whose future fertility is in jeopardy as a result of a cancer 17
30	30		diagnosis or cancer treatment with obtaining any combination of in vitro fertilization (IVF) or 18
31	31		intrauterine insemination (IUI) services; fertility preservation services; or fertility storage 19
32	32		services, as appropriate. The pilot program shall be conducted by the three grantees specified in 20
33	33		subsection (a) of this section. Each grantee shall establish an application process, eligibility 21
34	34		criteria, and operating guidelines for their respective pilot program locations, subject to the 22
35	35		following requirements and limitations: 23
36	36		(1) An applicant who meets one or more of the following criteria is eligible to 24
37	37		participate in the Program: 25
38	38		a. Is uninsured. 26
39	39		b. Has health insurance that does not provide comprehensive coverage 27
40	40		for in vitro fertilization (IVF) or intrauterine insemination (IUI), for 28
41	41		fertility preservation services, or for fertility storage services. 29
42	42		c. Has health insurance that does provide comprehensive coverage for 30
43	43		the services enumerated in sub-subdivision b. of this subdivision but 31
44	44		would result in financial responsibility for the patient in excess of one 32
45	45		thousand dollars ($1,000). 33
46	46		d. Meets one or more of the criteria described in sub-subdivisions a. 34
47		-	through c. of this subdivision and has a household income less than 35 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
48		-	Page 2 House Bill 744-First Edition
	47	+	through c. of this subdivision and has a household income less than 35
	48	+	H.B. 744
	49	+	Apr 2, 2025
	50	+	HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
	51	+	Page 2 DRH10239-MGa-118
49	52		three hundred percent (300%) of the federal poverty level for a 1
50	53		household of three. 2
51	54		(2) The amount of financial assistance provided to Program participants shall not 3
52	55		exceed any of the following: 4
53	56		a. For female Program participants, a maximum of twelve thousand 5
54	57		dollars ($12,000) for oocyte retrieval, cryopreservation, and up to five 6
55	58		years of storage services. 7
56	59		b. For male Program participants, a maximum of one thousand five 8
57	60		hundred dollars ($1,500) for sperm retrieval, cryopreservation, and up 9
58	61		to five years of storage services. 10
59	62		c. A maximum of twenty-six thousand dollars ($26,000) per Program 11
60	63		participant for IVF or IUI services, which must be scheduled for the 12
61	64		Program participant within five years after oocyte or sperm retrieval. 13
62	65		SECTION 1.(c) The grantees may use up to three percent (3%) of their directed 14
63	66		grant funds for administrative costs associated with the Fertility Preservation Pilot Program 15
64	67		authorized by this section. 16
65	68		SECTION 1.(d) Each grantee may reserve up to twenty-six thousand dollars 17
66	69		($26,000) per applicant for future IVF or IUI services, as appropriate. However, funds shall not 18
67	70		be reserved for IVF or IUI services scheduled more than five years after oocyte or sperm retrieval. 19
68	71		SECTION 1.(e) Funds appropriated by subsection (a) of this section shall not revert 20
69	72		at the end of the fiscal year but shall remain available until they are expended or June 30, 2032, 21
70	73		whichever is earlier. 22
71	74		SECTION 2. By February 1, 2028, and annually thereafter until February 1, 2033, 23
72	75		each grantee shall submit a report to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental 24
73	76		Operations, the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services, and the 25
74	77		Fiscal Research Division that includes as least all of the following information in a format that 26
75	78		complies with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and 27
76	79		other pertinent federal and State laws governing privacy and security of confidential data and 28
77	80		records: 29
78	81		(1) An itemized list of expenditures. 30
79	82		(2) The types of fertility treatment services, fertility preservation services, and 31
80	83		fertility storage services funded by State appropriations, and the number of 32
81	84		Program participants served with respect to each. 33
82	85		(3) The amount of State appropriations held in reserve for future IVF or IUI 34
83	86		services and the number of Program participants for whom these funds are 35
84	87		being held in reserve. 36
85	88		(4) An evaluation of the effectiveness and outcome of each service funded by 37
86	89		State appropriations. 38
87	90		SECTION 3. This act becomes effective July 1, 2025. 39