Nevada legislation · 83rd Legislature (2025)
Nevada AB428: Requires certain health plans to include coverage for fertility preservation services. (BDR 57-915)
Status: Chaptered, June 11, 2025
What the bill says
An act relating to insurance; requiring certain health plans to include coverage for certain procedures or services for the preservation of fertility of insureds who have been diagnosed with breast or ovarian cancer; providing certain exceptions for insurers affiliated with religious organizations; authorizing certain expenditures; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Existing law requires public and private policies of insurance to include certain coverage…
From the enrolled text, June 4, 2025:
AN ACT relating to insurance; requiring certain health plans to include coverage for certain procedures or services for the preservation of fertility of insureds who have been diagnosed with breast or ovarian cancer; providing certain exceptions for insurers affiliated with religious organizations; authorizing certain expenditures; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Existing law requires public and private policies of insurance to include certain coverage. (NRS 287.010, 287.04335, 422.2717-422.272428, 689A.04033689A.0465, 689B.030-689B.0379, 689C.1652-689C.169, 689C.425, 695A.184695A.1875, 695A.255-695A.265, 695B.1901-695B.1949, 695C.050, 695C.1691695C.176, 695G.162-695G.177) Existing law also requires employers to provide certain benefits to employees, including the coverage required of health insurers, if the employer provides health benefits for its employees. (NRS 608.1555) Sections 1, 3-9, and 13-15 of this bill require public and private health plans, including Medicaid and insurance for state and local government employees, to provide coverage for certain procedures or services that are medically necessary to preserve fertility for an insured who has been diagnosed with breast or ovarian cancer if: (1) the cancer may directly or indirectly cause infertility; or (2) the insured is expected to receive medical treatment for the cancer and the treatment could directly or indirectly cause infertility. An insurer that is affiliated with a religious organization is not required to provide the coverage required by sections 1, 3-8 and 11 …