17:48A-7oo Medical service corporation to provide coverage for standard fertility preservation services.
2. a. A medical service corporation contract which provides hospital or medical expense benefits for groups with more than 50 persons and is delivered, issued, executed or renewed in this State, or approved for issuance or renewal in this State by the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance, on or after the effective date of this act, 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. A medical service corporation providing coverage under this section shall not determine 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.
c. This section shall apply to those medical service corporation contracts in which the medical service corporation has reserved the right to change the premium.
L.2019, c.306, s.2.
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