# Louisiana — State insurance mandates for fertility treatment and IVF coverage

For Louisiana, mandate type is mandate to cover; ivf covered is no; cycle or retrieval limit is N/A; lifetime dollar cap is no statutory cap; age restriction is none stated, recorded from its source on 2026-08-15.

- **State:** Louisiana _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Mandate type:** mandate to cover _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **IVF covered:** no _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Cycle or retrieval limit:** N/A
- **Lifetime dollar cap:** no statutory cap
- **Age restriction:** none stated
- **Employer size threshold:** all group sizes
- **Self-insured plans exempt:** yes
- **Religious employer exempt:** yes
- **Prior treatment required:** no _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Effective date:** not stated
- **Statute citation:** LA Rev Stat Tit 22 Sect 1036

## What the source says

> Louisiana The Louisiana <https://codes.findlaw.com/la/revised-statutes/la-rev-stat-tit-22-sect-1036> fertility insurance law provides a fig leaf of coverage. You are only eligible here for diagnosis and treatment if your fertility issues are the result of a correctable medical condition. Even that has exceptions. There is no requirement to cover fertility medication or to offer IVF or even other fertility treatment.

## Source

- https://www.cofertility.com/family-learn/fertility-insurance-mandates-how-does-my-state-stack-up

Last verified: 2026-08-15. Review by: 2027-02-11.
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