New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 11 - INSURANCE
Chapter 4 - ACTUARIAL SERVICES
Subchapter 54 - BENEFIT STANDARDS FOR INFERTILITY COVERAGE
Section 11:4-54.5 - Permissible benefit exclusions
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 11:4-54.5
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) Following are the only permissible exclusions from the infertility benefit requirements of this subchapter:
1. Reversal of voluntary
sterilization.
i. Coverage for infertility
services provided to partners of persons who have successfully reversed
sterilization may not be excluded provided that the partner is infertile as
defined by P.L. 2001, c.
236 and this subchapter;
2. Payment for medical services rendered to a
surrogate for purposes of childbearing where the surrogate is not covered by
the carrier's policy or contract;
3. Costs associated with cryopreservation and
storage of sperm, eggs and embryos;
4. Nonmedical costs of an egg or sperm donor.
Medical costs of donors, including office visits, medications, laboratory and
radiological procedures and retrieval, shall be covered until the donor is
released from treatment by the reproductive endocrinologist;
5. Infertility treatments that are
experimental or investigational in nature;
6. Ovulation kits and sperm testing kits and
supplies;
7. In vitro
fertilization, gamete intrafallopian tube transfer, and zygote intrafallopian
tube transfer for persons who have not used all reasonable less expensive and
medically appropriate treatments for infertility, who have exceeded the limit
of four covered completed egg retrievals, or who are 46 years of age or older;
and
8. Group policies, contracts,
riders and endorsements that provide hospital or medical benefits, other than
policies or contracts that provide prescription drug benefits only, may provide
that infertility medication benefits are excluded if infertility medication
benefits are provided under another group health insurance policy or contract
issued to the same policyholder or contractholder.
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