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Senate Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
Senate of Pennsylvania
Session of 2025 - 2026
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | January 9, 2025 05:31 PM |
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| From: | Senator Amanda M. Cappelletti |
| To: | All Senate members |
| Subject: | Ensuring Insurance Coverage for Infertility for all Pennsylvanians |
| This bill is a reintroduction of SB 602 from the previous session, reaffirming the commitment to addressing the widespread and deeply personal issue of infertility. Infertility affects a significant portion of our population, impacting over six million people in the United States and about one in ten couples with women of reproductive age. The experience of infertility can bring a deep sense of shame, grief, and powerlessness; it may impact all aspects of an individual’s life and a couple’s relationship. There are several forms of treatment to help individuals affected by infertility build families, including medication, surgery, intrauterine insemination, and assisted reproductive technology. However, the costs of infertility diagnosis and treatment can be extremely high, putting it out of reach for many Pennsylvanians. I will soon reintroduce legislation to require certain employer-sponsored insurance plans to cover infertility services. According to the RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association, 19 states have passed fertility insurance coverage laws. Each of Pennsylvania’s border states has an infertility insurance coverage mandate. Data shows that costs associated with expanded access are nominal and offset when more people get covered. Massachusetts, the state with the most comprehensive mandate for infertility coverage, found that the cost of coverage was one of the lowest among its mandated benefits at $2.49 per member per year. In an effort to address the inequities faced by individuals and families struggling with infertility and to ensure access to comprehensive care, I urge you to support this legislation ensuring insurance coverage for infertility treatments in Pennsylvania. |