{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-36-36-6060.8b","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 36, § 36-6060.8b","heading":"Coverage for fertility preservation services —","body":"Iatrogenic infertility.\n\nA. As used in this section:\n\n1. “Health benefit plan” means a health benefit plan as defined\n\npursuant to Section 6060.4 of Title 36 of the Oklahoma Statutes;\n\n2. “Iatrogenic infertility” means an impairment of fertility\n\ncaused directly or indirectly by surgery, chemotherapy, radiation,\n\nor other medical treatment with a potential side effect of impaired\n\nfertility as established by the American Society of Clinical\n\nOncology or the American Society for Reproductive Medicine;\n\n3. “Religious employer” means an employer that is a church,\n\nconvention or association of churches, or an elementary or secondary\n\nschool that is controlled, operated, or principally supported by a\n\nchurch or a convention or association of churches as defined\n\npursuant to Section 3121(w)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code and\n\nthat qualifies as a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3)\n\nof the Internal Revenue Code;\n\n4. “Reproductive age” means the age range in which an\n\nindividual is deemed fertile as established by the American Society\n\nof Clinical Oncology and/or the American Society for Reproductive\n\nMedicine; and\n\n5. “Standard fertility preservation services” means oocyte and\n\nsperm preservation procedures, including ovarian tissue, sperm, and\n\noocyte cryopreservation, that are consistent with established\n\nmedical practices or professional guidelines published by the\n\nAmerican Society of Clinical Oncology or the American Society for\n\nReproductive Medicine; provided, however, standard fertility\n\npreservation services shall not include storage.\n\nB. 1. Any health benefit plan, including the Oklahoma\n\nEmployees Insurance Plan, that is offered, issued, or renewed on and\n\nafter the effective date of this act shall provide coverage for\n\nstandard fertility preservation services, only for individuals\n\ndiagnosed with cancer and who are within reproductive age, when a\n\nmedically necessary treatment may directly or indirectly cause\n\niatrogenic infertility.\n\n2. A health benefit plan shall not require preauthorization for\n\ncoverage of standard fertility preservation services; however, a\n\nhealth benefit plan may contain provisions for maximum benefits and\n\nmay subject the covered service to the same deductible, copayment,\n\ncoinsurance, and reasonable limitations and exclusions to the extent\n\nthat these applications are not inconsistent with the provisions of\n\nthis section.\n\nC. 1. A religious employer may submit a written request for\n\nexemption to a carrier of a health benefit plan, and such carrier\n\nshall grant the exemption if the coverage required by this section\n\nconflicts with the religious employer’s bona fide religious beliefs\n\nand practices. A religious employer that obtains an exemption\n\npursuant to this subsection shall provide prospective enrollees of\n\nits health benefit plan with written notice of the exemption.\n\n2. Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit an enrollee of a\n\nhealth benefit plan provided by his or her religious employer from\n\npurchasing, at his or her own expense, a supplemental insurance\n\npolicy that covers standard fertility preservation services.","path":["OK Code","Title 36"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os36.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"ffee843c3491375a225e3a87179eafbac794a5f139987090de95243d34053604","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-36-36-6060.8a","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-36-36-6060.9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}