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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas HB 1207 eases health insurance coverage rules for in vitro fertilization by removing spousal sperm requirement and shortening infertility duration
Last action · March 10, 2025: Referred to InsuranceSponsors: Jessica González and 3 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Texas health benefit plans are required to cover in vitro fertilization only if the patient has a history of infertility of at least three continuous years instead of five, or has specified medical conditions, and removes the requirement that fertilization use only the patient's spouse's sperm. These changes apply to health benefit plans delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, 2026.
Enrollees seeking fertility treatments face modified eligibility criteria that shorten the required duration of documented infertility and alter medical and spousal criteria required for insurance coverage of in vitro fertilization procedures starting September 1, 2025.
- State insurance laws can mandate that certain health benefit plans include coverage for specific medical procedures such as in vitro fertilization under defined conditions. context
Who It Would Have Affected
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Individuals covered under group health benefit plans
Enrollees face altered eligibility thresholds, including a shorter required duration of infertility and the removal of spousal sperm restrictions, to qualify for health plan coverage of in vitro fertilization.
Health benefit plan issuers
Insurers must update policy terms and coverage determinations to reflect the revised conditions for in vitro fertilization procedures for plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2026.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What changes are made to the infertility history requirement for insurance coverage of IVF?
Is the restriction regarding whose sperm must be used still in effect under the bill?
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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Mar 10, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Insurance
- Mar 10, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time
- Nov 12, 2024HouseIntroducedFiled
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Relaxation of IVF Coverage Restrictions
The bill replaces a five-year infertility duration requirement with a three-year requirement and eliminates the spousal sperm limitation for health benefit plan coverage.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy50Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz35Current news / social attention level
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