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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session
SB333State plan for medical assistance services; fertility preservation treatments, etc.
Direction
Abortionpersonhood ivfAI label
↑Expands abortion accessmodel confidence 80%
Adds coverage for fertility preservation services including embryo banking and storage of reproductive cells and tissues for cancer patients facing iatrogenic infertility, so more access to IVF-related services.
A provision for payment of medical assistance for standard fertility preservation for individuals who have been diagnosed with a form of cancer by a physician and need treatment for that cancer that may cause a substantial risk of sterility or iatrogenic infertility, including surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy. Standard fertility preservation service includes fertility preservation procedures and services that: (i) are not considered experimental or investigational by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine or the American Society of Clinical Oncology and (ii) are consistent with ...
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill adds Medicaid coverage for standard fertility preservation (including embryo banking, oocyte banking, and storage of reproductive tissues) for cancer patients at risk of iatrogenic infertility, which expands access to IVF-related services. It also defines iatrogenic infertility in the medical assistance context without changing rights or access in a directional way for personhood. The new criminal penalty for a provider misusing their own gametes in assisted conception is outside the listed topics.
Related bills
HB328Health insurance; essential health benefits benchmark plan selection.↑Expands abortion access↑Expands abortion access Law
HB1398Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Team; established, definitions, penalty, report.↓Restricts abortion access↓Restricts abortion access Died (session ended)
HB531Abortion; born alive infant, treatment and care, penalty.↓Restricts abortion access↓Restricts abortion access Died (session ended)
HB1389Health insurance; coverage for standard fertility preservation procedures.↑Expands abortion access↑Expands abortion access Died (session ended)
Votes
Date
Chamber
Motion
Yea-Nay
2024-02-08
S
Senate: Continued to 2025 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)