VA HB 278

Title: State plan for medical assistance services; fertility preservation treatments; genetic material.
Author: Daniel I. Helmer

Summary
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.

Status
House: Committee Referral Pending

Bill Documents
VA HB 278 - Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102951D
2024-01-05 - VA HB 278 (Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102951D)