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2023 SENATE BILL 723
November 21, 2023 - Introduced by Senators ROYS, AGARD, CARPENTER, HESSELBEIN,
L. JOHNSON, LARSON, PFAFF, SMITH, SPREITZER, TAYLOR and WIRCH, cosponsored
by Representatives EMERSON, VINING, ANDRACA, BARE, CLANCY, CONLEY,
CONSIDINE, JACOBSON, JOERS, MADISON, MYERS, OHNSTAD, ORTIZ-VELEZ,
RATCLIFF, SHELTON, SINICKI, STUBBS and PALMERI. Referred to Committee on
Insurance and Small Business.
AN ACT to amend 40.51 (8), 66.0137 (4) and 120.13 (2) (g); and to create 632.8965
of the statutes; relating to: coverage of infertility services under self-insured
governmental health plans and health policies and plans offered to state
employees, and granting rule-making authority.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires self-insured governmental health plans and health care
coverage plans offered by the state to its employees that cover medical or hospital
expenses to cover diagnosis of and treatment for infertility and standard fertility
preservation services. Coverage required under the bill must include at least four
completed egg retrievals with unlimited embryo transfers in accordance with certain
guidelines and single embryo transfer is allowed when recommended and medically
appropriate. Policies and plans are prohibited from imposing an exclusion,
limitation, or other restriction on coverage of medications of which the bill requires
coverage that is not imposed on any other prescription medications covered under
the policy or plan. Similarly, policies and plans may not impose any exclusion,
limitation, cost-sharing requirement, benefit maximum, waiting period or other
restriction on diagnosis, treatment, or services for which coverage is required under
the bill that is different from any exclusion, limitation, cost-sharing requirement,
benefit maximum, waiting period or other restriction imposed on benefits for other
services. Also, policies and plans may not impose an exclusion, limitation, or other
restriction on diagnosis, treatment, or services for which coverage is required under
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the bill on the basis that an insured person participates in fertility services provided
by or to a third party.
This proposal may contain a health insurance mandate requiring a social and
financial impact report under s. 601.423, stats.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 40.51 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
40.51 (8) Every health care coverage plan offered by the state under sub. (6)
shall comply with ss. 631.89, 631.90, 631.93 (2), 631.95, 632.72 (2), 632.729, 632.746
(1) to (8) and (10), 632.747, 632.748, 632.798, 632.83, 632.835, 632.85, 632.853,
632.855, 632.861, 632.867, 632.87 (3) to (6), 632.885, 632.89, 632.895 (5m) and (8) to
(17), and 632.896, and 632.8965.
SECTION 2. 66.0137 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
66.0137 (4) SELF-INSURED HEALTH PLANS. If a city, including a 1st class city, or
a village provides health care benefits under its home rule power, or if a town
provides health care benefits, to its officers and employees on a self-insured basis,
the self-insured plan shall comply with ss. 49.493 (3) (d), 631.89, 631.90, 631.93 (2),
632.729, 632.746 (10) (a) 2. and (b) 2., 632.747 (3), 632.798, 632.85, 632.853, 632.855,
632.861, 632.867, 632.87 (4) to (6), 632.885, 632.89, 632.895 (9) to (17), 632.896,
632.8965, and 767.513 (4).
SECTION 3. 120.13 (2) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
120.13 (2) (g) Every self-insured plan under par. (b) shall comply with ss.
49.493 (3) (d), 631.89, 631.90, 631.93 (2), 632.729, 632.746 (10) (a) 2. and (b) 2.,
632.747 (3), 632.798, 632.85, 632.853, 632.855, 632.861, 632.867, 632.87 (4) to (6),
632.885, 632.89, 632.895 (9) to (17), 632.896, 632.8965, and 767.513 (4).
SECTION 4. 632.8965 of the statutes is created to read:
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632.8965 Coverage of infertility services. (1) In this section:
(a) “Diagnosis of and treatment for infertility” means any recommended
procedure or medication at the direction of a physician that is consistent with
established, published, or approved medical practices or professional guidelines
from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, or its successor
organization, or the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, or its successor
organization.
(b) “Infertility” means a disease, condition, or status characterized by any of
the following:
1. The inability to achieve a successful pregnancy based on a patient's medical,
sexual, and reproductive history, age, physical findings, diagnostic testing, or any
combination of these factors.
2. The need for medical intervention, including the use of donor gametes or
donor embryos, in order to achieve a successful pregnancy either as an individual or
with a partner.
3. The failure to establish a pregnancy or carry a pregnancy to a live birth after
regular, unprotected sexual intercourse for, if the woman is under the age of 35, no
longer than 12 months or, if the woman is 35 years of age or older, no longer than 6
months including any time during those 12 months or 6 months that the woman has
a pregnancy that results in a miscarriage.
(c) “Self-insured health plan” means a self-insured health plan of the state or
a county, city, village, town, or school district.
(d) “Standard fertility preservation service” means a procedure that is
consistent with established medical practices or professional guidelines published
by the American Society of Clinical Oncology, or its successor organization, for a
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person who has a medical condition or is expected to undergo medication therapy,
surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, or other medical treatment that is recognized by
medical professionals to cause a risk of impairment to fertility.
(2) Every self-insured health plan shall cover diagnosis of and treatment for
infertility and standard fertility preservation services. Coverage required under this
subsection includes at least 4 completed oocyte retrievals with unlimited embryo
transfers in accordance with the guidelines of the American Society for Reproductive
Medicine or its successor organization and single embryo transfer may be used when
recommended and medically appropriate.
(3) A self-insured health plan may not do any of the following:
(a) Impose any exclusions, limitations, or other restrictions on coverage
required under sub. (2) based on a covered individual's participation in fertility
services provided by or to a 3rd party.
(b) Impose any exclusion, limitation, or other restriction on coverage of
medications that are required to be covered under sub. (2) that are different from
those imposed on any other prescription medications covered under the policy or
plan.
(c) Impose any exclusion, limitation, cost-sharing requirement, benefit
maximum, waiting period, or other restriction on coverage of the diagnosis of and
treatment for infertility and standard fertility preservation services required under
sub. (2) that is different from an exclusion, limitation, cost-sharing requirement,
benefit maximum, waiting period, or other restriction imposed on benefits for
services that are covered by the policy or plan and that are not related to infertility.
(4) Every self-insured health plan shall provide coverage required under sub.
(2) to any covered individual under the policy or plan, including any covered spouse
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and nonspouse dependent, to the same extent as other pregnancy-related benefits
covered under the policy or plan.
(5) The commissioner, after consulting with the department of health services
on appropriate treatment for infertility, shall promulgate any rules necessary to
implement this section. Before the promulgation of rules, self-insured health plans
are considered to comply with the coverage requirements of sub. (2) if the coverage
conforms to the standards of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine.
SECTION 5.0Initial applicability.
(1) For policies and plans containing provisions inconsistent with this act, the
act first applies to policy or plan years beginning on the effective date of this
subsection, except as provided in sub. (2).
(2) For policies and plans that are affected by a collective bargaining agreement
containing provisions inconsistent with this act, the act first applies to policy or plan
years beginning on the effective date of this subsection or on the day on which the
collective bargaining agreement is newly established, extended, modified, or
renewed, whichever is later.
(END)
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