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- In 2020, Colorado passed HB20-1158 as part of the Colorado Building Families Act. This bill was meant to require insurance companies to cover fertility diagnosis, preservation, and treatment services. However, improper wording of the bill led to no enforcement of this new law.
- We had to pay over $100,000 for fertility services to have our son
- Rep. Kerry Tipper (D)
- You have to receive gonadotoxic chemotherapy. In order to give you the potential to have kids in the future, we need to remove and freeze one of your ovaries.
- Early in my clinical year I learned about the barriers to accessing fertility preservation services. Dr. Appiah assured her patients that she was working hard to get these services covered by insurance companies.
- That sounds like an expensive surgery. Do you know if insurance will help pay for this?
- In 2022, HB22-1008 was introduced to amend the previous bill regarding insurance coverage of fertility services. It requires that all large group insurance plans in CO provide coverage for fertility diagnosis, preservation for cancer patients or other medically induced infertility, and fertility treatment services.
- Senator Faith Winter (D)
- Rep. Matt Soper (R)
- Insurance plans should cover fertility preservation services for our patients!
- Rep. Kerry Tipper (D)
- This could impact the quality of life for cancer survivors
- Senator Stephen Fenberg (D)
- This bill will put more regulations on Colorado businesses which we do not support. It also does not require an assessment to make sure the state is not required to pay any increase in insurance premiums.
- Senate:The bill passed with a vote of 21 Y, 11 N, and 3 excused
- HB 22 - 1008 was signed into law on 4/13/22. Testimonies at the hearings discussed the burden of fertility service costs and lack of knowledge about infertility.
- House: The bill passed with a vote of 45 Y and 20 N
- We are so excited that fertility services will now be covered by large group insurance plans in Colorado! Next step is to expand this to small group or individual plans as well as federal plans.
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