HB 724 -- Health Insurance Coverage for Treatment of Infertility

Sponsor:  Smith (14)

Effective January 1, 2006, group health insurance policies which
provide coverage for more than 25 employees that are delivered,
renewed, or continued in Missouri are required to provide
coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of infertility.  The
coverage provided will be subject to the following conditions:

(1)  The covered individual has used all reasonable, less
expensive, and medically appropriate treatments and is still
unable to become pregnant or to sustain a pregnancy;

(2)  The covered individual has not reached the limit of four
completed egg retrievals; and

(3)  The procedures must be performed at a medical facility that
conforms to the in-vitro fertilization guidelines of the American
College of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

The bill also exempts specified insurance policies from providing
health insurance coverage for the treatment of infertility.

Missouri House of Representatives
93rd General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Last Updated August 25, 2005 at 1:20 pm