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States Mandating Insurance Coverage for Infertility and Pregnancy Loss

Last Updated: May 10, 2004
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Arkansas

This law requires all health insurers that cover maternity benefits to cover the cost of in vitro fertilization (IVF) Health maintenance organizations, commonly called HMOs, are exempt from the law.

Patients need to meet the following conditions in order to get their IVF covered:

  • The patient must be the policyholder or the spouse of the policyholder and be covered by the policy;
  • The patient's eggs must be fertilized with her spouse's sperm;
  • The patient and her spouse must have at least a two-year history of unexplained infertility,
  • OR the infertility must be associated with one or more of the following conditions:
    • Endometriosis;
    • Fetal exposure to diethylstilbestrol, also known as DES;
    • Blocked or surgically removed fallopian tubes that are not a result of voluntary sterilization; or
    • Abnormal male factors contributing to the infertility.

The IVF benefits are subject to the same deductibles and co-insurance payments as maternity benefits. The law also permits insurers to limit coverage to a lifetime maximum of $ 15,000.

(Arkansas Statutes Annotated, Sections 23-85-137 and 23-86-118).



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