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This Resolution formally requests the Auditor, a government official responsible for examining public accounts and operations, to conduct a comprehensive review of the potential 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, introduced in 2022, which aims to mandate such coverage for health insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations. The Auditor is specifically tasked with assessing how this mandate might affect individuals, particularly women who may face infertility due to medical treatments like chemotherapy or surgery, or due to conditions affecting their ovaries, and also to evaluate the broader financial implications for the healthcare system and insurance providers. The Auditor must then submit a report of their findings and any recommendations, including potential legislative changes, to the Legislature by a specific deadline before the 2023 legislative session begins, and certified copies of this Resolution will be sent to the Auditor and the Insurance Commissioner.