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2024 SESSION

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HB 278 State plan for medical assistance services; fertility preservation treatments, etc.

Introduced by: Dan I. Helmer | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

State plan for medical assistance services; fertility preservation treatments; genetic material misuse; penalty. Directs the Board of Medical Assistance Services to amend the state plan for medical assistance services to include a provision for payment of medical assistance for coverage of fertility preservation for individuals diagnosed with cancer who need treatment for that cancer that may cause a substantial risk of sterility or iatrogenic infertility, as defined in the bill, including surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy. The bill also establishes that it is a Class 3 felony for a health care provider to provide assisted conception treatment to a patient and use the health care provider's own gamete without the written consent of the patient.

FULL TEXT

• 01/05/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102951D  pdf | impact statements
• 02/06/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24106964D-H1  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted

HISTORY

• 01/05/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102951D
• 01/05/24  House: Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
• 01/17/24  House: Assigned sub: Social Services
• 02/01/24  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
• 02/01/24  House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 02/06/24  House: Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (21-Y 1-N)
• 02/06/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24106964D-H1
• 02/06/24  House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
• 02/06/24  House: Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
• 02/07/24  House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N)
• 02/13/24  House: Left in Appropriations