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Bill to cover fertility preservation for state employees with cancer nears finish line

A legislator works to extend a benefit to public workers that already exists for cancer patients on Medicaid.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune)  Lauren Kimball, a school teacher, testified at the Legislature in favor of a resolution for public health insurance to cover state employees' costs for fertility preservation measures as they deal with cancer treatments. Here she is at her Salt Lake City home on Friday, Feb. 24, 2023.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Lauren Kimball, a school teacher, testified at the Legislature in favor of a resolution for public health insurance to cover state employees' costs for fertility preservation measures as they deal with cancer treatments. Here she is at her Salt Lake City home on Friday, Feb. 24, 2023.