SB 924 Florida Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Coverage for Fertility Preservation Services

Summary

Coverage for Fertility Preservation Services; Requiring the Department of Management Services to provide coverage of certain fertility retrieval and preservation services for state group health insurance plan policies issued on or after a specified date; prohibiting a state group health insurance plan from requiring preauthorization for certain covered services, etc.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Mar 4, 2025 Last action Apr 24, 2025

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What changed between versions

S 924 c1 → S 924 c2 · 6 edits

MODERATE

This bill was revised to expand committee oversight and clarify coverage details for fertility preservation services under Florida's state group health insurance plan. The changes include adding a second committee to the bill's authorship, updating the effective date, and modifying specific medical definitions and coverage language to align with current clinical standards.

Scope change

The bill's scope was slightly expanded by adding the Committee on Banking and Insurance as a co-authoring committee and Senator Sharief as a co-sponsor, while the core coverage requirements remain substantially similar.

AUTHORSHIP

Added the Committee on Banking and Insurance and Senator Sharief as co-authors of the bill.

DEFINITION

Changed the reference for iatrogenic infertility from the American Society for Reproductive Medicine to the American Society for Clinical Oncology.

REQUIREMENT

Updated coverage language to specify 'cancer treatments' instead of 'medically necessary treatment' and added 'retrieval' to the list of covered services.

Changed the definition of covered services from 'standard fertility preservation services' to 'standard fertility retrieval and preservation services' throughout the bill.

Added language requiring coverage to be provided 'consistent with the laws of this state' in subsection (a).

Updated the expiration language for coverage to specify 'retrieval and storage' instead of just 'storage'.

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Committee

Apr 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 15 NAYS 1

upper

Apr 14, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/17/25, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building

upper

Apr 2, 2025

Upper · Passed

Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

upper

Mar 26, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 03/31/25, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building

upper

Mar 12, 2025

Upper · Passed

Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

upper

Mar 6, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 03/11/25, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building

upper

Mar 4, 2025

Introduced

upper

Feb 28, 2025

Committee

Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Banking and Insurance; Appropriations

upper

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor