SB 333

Abstract

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.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 32.1-3 and 32.1-325 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered § 18.2-67.5:01, relating to state plan for medical assistance services; fertility preservation treatments; genetic material misuse; penalty. 24103626D