Concerning health plan coverage of fertility-related services.

 S-1713.1

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5121

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2025 Regular Session

By Senate Health & Long-Term Care (originally sponsored by Senators Frame, Cleveland, Bateman, Cortes, Liias, Nobles, Orwall, Pedersen, Riccelli, Saldaña, Valdez, Wellman, and C. Wilson)

READ FIRST TIME 02/21/25.

AN ACT Relating to providing coverage for the diagnosis of infertility, treatment for infertility, and standard fertility preservation services; adding a new section to chapter 48.43 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 41.05 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 74.09 RCW; and creating new sections.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. (1) The legislature finds that:

(a) According to the federal centers for disease control and prevention, over 12 percent of women of reproductive age in the United States have difficulty becoming pregnant or staying pregnant;