1.1Senator Heintzeman moved to amend
S.F. No. 4612 as follows (...):
1.2Page 256, after line 28, insert:
1.3 "Sec. 3.
[62Q.601] COVERAGE OF RESTORATIVE REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE.
1.4 Subdivision 1. Scope. This section applies, and only applies, to all large group health
1.5plans, except for the state employees group insurance program, that provide maternity
1.6benefits to Minnesota residents.
1.7 Subd. 2. Required Coverage. Every health plan under subdivision 1 must provide
1.8comprehensive coverage for restorative reproductive medicine including:
1.9(1) fertility-awareness-based methods of family planning;
1.10(2) diagnostic procedures to identify underlying causes of infertility and other
1.11health-condition-related symptoms;
1.12(3) treatments such as natural procreative technology aimed at restoring natural fertility;
1.13and
1.14(4) educational resources on restorative reproductive medicine.
1.15 Subd. 3. Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the
1.16meanings given.
1.17(b) "Fertility-awareness-based methods" means modern, evidence-based methods of
1.18tracking the menstrual cycle through observable biological signs in a woman, such
as body
1.19temperature, cervical fluid, and hormone production in the reproductive system, including
1.20luteinizing hormone and estrogen. Such methods include fertility education and medical
1.21management, the sympto-thermal method, the Marquette method, the Creighton method,
1.22and the Billings ovulation method.
1.23(c) "Fertility education and medical management" means the program developed in
1.24collaboration with the Reproductive Health Research Institute for medical research,
protocols,
1.25and medical training for health care professionals in order to enable the clinical
application
1.26of important research advances in reproductive endocrinology, by providing education
for
1.27women about their bodies and hormonal health and medical support, as appropriate.
1.28(d) "Natural procreative technology" or "naprotechnology" means an approach to health
1.29care that monitors and maintains a woman's reproductive and gynecological health,
including
1.30laparoscopic gynecologic surgery to reconstruct the uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries,
and
1.31other organ structures to eliminate endometriosis and other reproductive health conditions.
2.1(e) "Reproductive health conditions" includes endometriosis; adenomyosis; polycystic
2.2ovary syndrome; uterine fibroids; blocked fallopian tubes; hormone imbalances;
2.3hyperprolactinemia; thyroid conditions; ovulation dysfunctions; male-factor infertility,
2.4including low sperm count, low sperm motility, low testosterone, and lifestyle and
2.5environment factors; and other health conditions that make it difficult or impossible
to
2.6successfully conceive a child where conception should otherwise be possible.
2.7(f) "Restorative reproductive health" includes empowering women and men to know
2.8and understand their bodies and appreciate the importance of natural reproductive
health
2.9to overall health and well-being, including through the use of body literacy programs
that
2.10incorporate science-based charting methods, teacher lead reproductive health education,
2.11restorative reproductive medicine, natural procreative technology, fertility-awareness-based
2.12methods, and fertility education and medical management.
2.13(g) "Restorative reproductive medicine" means any scientific approach to reproductive
2.14medicine that seeks to cooperate with, or restore the normal physiology and anatomy
of,
2.15the human reproductive system without the use of methods that are inherently suppressive,
2.16circumventive, or destructive to natural human functions. Restorative reproductive
medicine
2.17includes, but is not limited to, ultrasounds, blood tests, hormone panels, laparoscopic
and
2.18exploratory surgeries, examining the man's or woman's overall health and lifestyle,
2.19eliminating environmental endocrine disruptors, and assessing the health and fertility
of the
2.20individual's partner, natural procreative technology, fertility-awareness-based methods,
and
2.21fertility education and medical management.
2.22EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2026, and applies to all health
2.23plans issued or renewed on or after that date."
2.24Renumber the sections in sequence
2.25The motion prevailed. #did not prevail. So the amendment was #not adopted.