N.J. Stat. § 52:14-17.46.6m

Current through L. 2024, c. 87.

Section 52:14-17.46.6m - School Employees' Health Benefits Commission to provide coverage for standard fertility preservation services

a. The School Employees' Health Benefits Commission shall ensure that every contract purchased by the commission on or after the effective date of this act that provides hospital or medical expense benefits shall provide coverage for standard fertility preservation services when a medically necessary treatment may directly or indirectly cause iatrogenic infertility.

For the purposes of this section:

"Iatrogenic infertility" means an impairment of fertility caused by surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, or other medical treatment affecting reproductive organs or processes.

"May directly or indirectly cause" means a medical treatment with a likely side effect of iatrogenic infertility as established by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, or as defined by the New Jersey Department of Health.

"Standard fertility preservation services" means procedures consistent with established medical practices and professional guidelines published by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, or as defined by the New Jersey Department of Health. "Standard fertility preservation services" shall not include the storage of sperm or oocytes.

The benefits shall be provided to the same extent as for any other medical condition under the contract. The same copayments, deductibles, and benefit limits shall apply to the provision of standard fertility preservation services pursuant to this section as those applied to other medical or surgical benefits under the contract.

b. The School Employees' Health Benefits Program shall not purchase a contract that determines the provision of standard fertility preservation services based on a covered person's expected length of life, present or predicted disability, degree of medical dependency, perceived quality of life, or other health conditions, or based on personal characteristics, including age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, or gender identity.

N.J.S. § 52:14-17.46.6m

Added by L. 2019, c. 306,s. 7, eff. 4/12/2020.