1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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3 SENATE BILL 1334 By: Seifried
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to health insurance; creating
7 Corinne’s Law; providing short title; defining terms;
8 requiring coverage of standard fertility preservation
8 services for certain enrollees of a health benefit
9 plan; specifying terms of coverage; providing for
9 religious exemption; establishing exemption process;
10 providing for purchase of certain supplemental
10 coverage; providing for codification; and providing
11 an effective date.
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16 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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17 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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18 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 6060.8b of Title 36, unless
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19 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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20 A. This act shall be known and may be cited as “Corinne’s Law”.
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21 B. As used in this act:
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22 1. “Health benefit plan” means a health benefit plan as defined
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23 pursuant to Section 6060.4 of Title 36 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
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 1 2. “Iatrogenic infertility” means an impairment of fertility
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2 caused directly or indirectly by surgery, chemotherapy, radiation,
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3 or other medical treatment with a potential side effect of impaired
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4 fertility as established by the American Society of Clinical
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5 Oncology or the American Society for Reproductive Medicine;
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6 3. “Religious employer” means an employer that is a church,
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7 convention or association of churches, or an elementary or secondary
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8 school that is controlled, operated, or principally supported by a
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9 church or a convention or association of churches as defined
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10 pursuant to Section 3121(w)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code and
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11 that qualifies as a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3)
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12 of the Internal Revenue Code;
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13 4. “Reproductive age” means the age range in which an
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14 individual is deemed fertile as established by the American Society
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15 of Clinical Oncology and/or the American Society for Reproductive
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16 Medicine; and
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17 5. “Standard fertility preservation services” means oocyte and
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18 sperm preservation procedures, including ovarian tissue, sperm, and
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19 oocyte cryopreservation, that are consistent with established
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20 medical practices or professional guidelines published by the
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21 American Society of Clinical Oncology or the American Society for
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22 Reproductive Medicine.
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23 C. 1. Any health benefit plan including the Oklahoma Employees
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24 Insurance Plan that is offered, issued, or renewed on and after the
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 1 effective date of this act shall provide coverage for medically
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2 necessary expenses relating to standard fertility preservation
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3 services when a medically necessary treatment may directly or
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4 indirectly cause iatrogenic infertility. Coverage under this
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5 section shall extend to covered individuals who have been diagnosed
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6 with cancer for which necessary cancer treatment may directly or
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7 indirectly cause iatrogenic infertility and who are within
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8 reproductive age.
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9 2. Coverage for standard fertility preservation services
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10 pursuant to this section shall include the costs associated with
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11 storage of oocytes and sperm for a period not to exceed three (3)
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12 years.
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13 3. A health benefit plan shall not require preauthorization for
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14 coverage of standard fertility preservation services; however, a
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15 health benefit plan may contain provisions for maximum benefits and
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16 may subject the covered service to the same deducible, copayment,
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17 coinsurance, and reasonable limitations and exclusions to the extent
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18 that these applications are not inconsistent with the provisions of
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19 this section.
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20 D. 1. A religious employer may submit a written request for
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21 exemption to a carrier of a health benefit plan, and such carrier
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22 shall grant the exemption if the coverage required by this section
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23 conflicts with the religious employer’s bona fide religious beliefs
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24 and practices. A religious employer that obtains an exemption
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 1 pursuant to this subsection shall provide prospective enrollees of
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2 its health benefit plan with written notice of the exemption.
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3 2. Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit an enrollee of a
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4 health benefit plan provided by his or her religious employer from
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5 purchasing, at his or her own expense, a supplemental insurance
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6 policy that covers standard fertility preservation services.
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7 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective January 1, 2025.
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