Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill
SB 333: State plan for medical assistance services; fertility preservation treatments, etc.
In committee Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
Last official action: ·Record last updated:
Plain-language summary
SB 333 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on January 9, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: State plan for medical assistance services; fertility preservation treatments, etc. Primary sponsor: Saddam Salim (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (November 19, 2024): Left in Education and Health.
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Official summary
Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.
State plan for medical assistance services; fertility preservation treatments; genetic material misuse; penalty. Directs the Board of Medical Assistance Services to amend the state plan for medical assistance services to include a provision for payment of medical assistance for coverage of fertility preservation for individuals diagnosed with cancer who need treatment for that cancer that may cause a substantial risk of sterility or iatrogenic infertility, as defined in the bill, including surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy. The bill also establishes that it is a Class 3 felony for a health care provider to provide assisted conception treatment to a patient and use the health care provider's own gamete without the written consent of the patient.
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saddam Salim | Primary sponsor | Democratic | Senate | 37 |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- Left in Education and Health
- Continued to 2025 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health
- Impact statement from DPB (SB333)
- Impact statement from VCSC (SB333)
- Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103626D