Massachusetts § 47VV - Coverage for standard fertility preservation services

§ 47VV. Coverage for standard fertility preservation services

Section 47VV. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

''Directly or indirectly cause impairment of fertility'', to cause circumstances where a disease or the necessary treatment for a disease has a likely side effect of infertility as established by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, the American Society of Clinical Oncology or other reputable professional organizations.

''Standard fertility preservation services'', procedures or treatments to preserve fertility as recommended by a board-certified obstetrician gynecologist, reproductive endocrinologist or other physician; provided, however, that the recommendation shall be made in accordance with current medical practices and professional guidelines published by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, the American Society of Clinical Oncology or other reputable professional organizations.

(b) The following shall provide coverage for standard fertility preservation services, including, but not limited to, coverage for procurement, cryopreservation and storage of gametes, embryos or other reproductive tissue, when the enrollee has a diagnosed medical or genetic condition that may directly or indirectly cause impairment of fertility by affecting reproductive organs or processes: (i) any policy of accident and sickness insurance as described in section 108 that provides hospital expense and surgical expense insurance and that is delivered, issued or subsequently renewed by agreement between the insurer and policyholder in the commonwealth; (ii) any blanket or general policy of insurance described in subdivision (A), (C) or (D) of section 110 that provides hospital expense and surgical expense insurance and that is delivered, issued or subsequently renewed by agreement between the insurer and the policyholder within or without the commonwealth; and (iii) any employees' health and welfare fund that provides hospital expense and surgical expense benefits and that is delivered, issued or renewed to any person or group of persons in the commonwealth. Coverage shall be provided to the same extent that coverage is provided for other pregnancy-related procedures.