Health plans required to cover infertility treatment and standard fertility preservation services, medical assistance and MinnesotaCare required to cover infertility treatment and standard fertility preservation services, and money appropriated.
This bill requires health plans in Minnesota that offer maternity benefits to cover infertility treatment and standard fertility preservation services for their enrollees. It defines infertility based on medical criteria and specifies that coverage must match the cost-sharing terms applied to maternity care, including limits on oocyte retrievals but unlimited embryo transfers. The legislation also mandates that health plans cannot impose additional restrictions, waiting periods, or benefit maximums on these services beyond what applies to maternity coverage. Additionally, the state will reimburse health plans for the costs of providing these new benefits, but only for services that would not have been covered without this law.
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1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2026
Committee Review
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Governor
Introduced Mar 23, 2026
Last action Apr 9, 2026
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Introduced
Introduction and first reading, referred to Health Finance and Policy
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1 primary · 15 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn
DDemocratic-Farmer-Labor
Co
Athena Hollins
DDemocratic-Farmer-Labor
Co
Bianca Virnig
DDemocratic-Farmer-Labor
Co
Esther Agbaje
DDemocratic-Farmer-Labor
Co
Jamie Long
DDemocratic-Farmer-Labor
Co
Jay Xiong
DDemocratic-Farmer-Labor
Co
Josiah Hill
DDemocratic-Farmer-Labor
Co
Kaela Berg
DDemocratic-Farmer-Labor
Co
Kari Rehrauer
DDemocratic-Farmer-Labor
Co
Kristi Pursell
DDemocratic-Farmer-Labor
Co
MI
María Isa Pérez-Vega
DDemocratic-Farmer-Labor
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