Newsom signs bill creating taxpayer-subsidized IVF

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill requiring insurance covering nine million Californians, including state employees, to cover three rounds of in vitro fertilization and redefines infertility as “a person’s inability to reproduce either as an individual or with their partner without medical intervention,” which is more inclusive of LGBTQIA+.

“I wholeheartedly agree that starting a family should be attainable for those who dream to have a child — inclusive of LGBTQ+ families,” wrote Newsom in his bill signing letter. “In January of this year, we started the process of updating the state's 'benchmark' plan, which will set a new standard for commercial insurance health coverage. The services under evaluation specifically include infertility treatment and IVF. The state's proposed benefit design will be released later this year and adopted by the Legislature by May 2025.”