New Jersey Expands Insurance Coverage Requirements for Infertility Services

New Jersey has passed legislation designed to expand health insurance coverage requirements for infertility services, reports CBS News Philadelphia. The bill mandates certain insurers provide coverage for infertility services following American Society for Reproductive Medicine guidelines and physician determination. Previously, enrollees could be denied coverage for assorted reasons outside of their control, and this new legislation mandates coverage of infertility services for a partner of a person who has successfully reversed a voluntary sterilization, and further provides that nothing in the definition of “infertility” may be used to deny or delay treatment to any individual, regardless of relationship status or sexual orientation, as well as prohibits health insurance carriers from imposing restrictions concerning the coverage of infertility services based on age.