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LB501                                                                     LB501
                                                                     2019
                              LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA
                           ONE HUNDRED SIXTH LEGISLATURE
                                   FIRST SESSION
                       LEGISLATIVE BILL 501
        Introduced by Hunt, 8.
        Read first time January 22, 2019
        Committee: Banking, Commerce and Insurance
    A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to insurance; to require insurance coverage
        for in vitro fertilization procedures as prescribed; and to provide
        for rules and regulations by the Department of Insurance.
    Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska,
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LB501                                                                                                     LB501
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        Section      1.     (1)(a)    Subject to    subsections       (3)    and   (4)      of this
   section and notwithstanding section 44-3,131, (a) any individual or group
    sickness and accident insurance policy,   certificate,         or subscriber
   contract delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed in this state and any
   hospital,    medical,       or surgical expense-incurred policy,         except for
   policies that provide coverage for a specified disease or other limited-
   benefit coverage and (b) any self-funded employee benefit plan to the
   extent not preempted by federal law that provides coverage for pregnancy-
    related procedures,      shall provide coverage on     an expense incurred,
   service, or prepaid basis for outpatient expenses that arise from in
   vitro fertilization procedures.
         (2) Benefits for in vitro fertilization procedures required under
    this section must be provided to the same extent as benefits provided for
   other pregnancy-related procedures under the policy,         certificate,
   contract, or plan.
         (3) Coverage for in vitro fertilization procedures shall be required
    under this section only if:   (a)      The patient for the in      vitro
   fertilization procedure is   an individual covered under the policy,
   certificate, contract, or plan; (b) the patient has been unable to attain
   a successful pregnancy through any less costly applicable infertility
    treatments; and (c) the in vitro fertilization procedures are performed
   at a medical facility that conforms to the minimal standards for programs
   of in    vitro fertilization adopted by    the American Society for
   Reproductive Medicine.
        (4) The Department of Insurance may adopt and promulgate rules and
   regulations to carry out this section.
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