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This Concurrent Resolution formally requests the State Auditor to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the social and financial impacts of requiring health insurance plans to cover oocyte cryopreservation, commonly known as egg freezing. This request stems from a proposed bill, S.B. No. 2917, S.D. 2, which aims to mandate such coverage for health insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations. The Auditor's report will examine the experiences of other states that have already implemented similar mandates, research the appropriate medical definition of "reproductive age" and its relation to coverage limitations and success rates for different age groups, and investigate whether expanded in vitro fertilization (IVF) coverage would exceed essential health benefits. Additionally, the Auditor will explore cost-effective infertility treatment alternatives to IVF, current and future infertility technologies, and the complex legal issues surrounding frozen eggs, including their storage duration, destruction, potential use for research, and disposition in the event of the donor's death or separation from a spouse. The findings and any legislative recommendations are to be submitted to the Legislature by a specific deadline.