(Quebec) Quebec is dropping many criteria for access to tax credit for infertility treatment, which provides free treatment for in vitro fertilization cycle (IVF) for already infertile couples. Hoping to start a family.
The Legault government says it wants to make it easier for future parents in their efforts to start a family by expanding tax credit for those ineligible for Lionel Garmand’s new plan for Health and Social Services.
All that is not included in the general plan will be eligible for tax credit. For example, under the current criteria, couples who have children before the start of treatment will not be able to get a tax refund if they pay for it. The same goes for a wife who has undergone surgery by vasectomy or double ligation.
Minister Garmont and Finance Minister Eric Girard announced on Wednesday that these conditions for obtaining tax credit would no longer exist. Quebec can provide tax credit to couples attempting a second cycle of IVF or to a woman who is not old enough to access a public plan.
“We want to make this easier for everyone,” Minister Girard explained. Repayable tax credit for infertility treatment will cover 80% to 20% of eligible expenses, depending on family income, not to exceed $ 20,000 per annum.
Act 73 re-establishes free access to “single cycle of IVF”, including ovulation induction services, egg retrieval, one sperm straw, frogs and freezing and storing embryos for a maximum of one year.
In the new version of the law, it says in the piece of law that assisted reproductive and IVF services for artificial insemination will be provided to women over 18 and under 41 years of age. For the last frozen embryo transfer, a woman may be 42 years old. Act 73 reduces the number of artificial inseminations covered by RAMQ from nine to six.
Minister Garmond reiterates that restoring free access to the IVF cycle is a priority of the Legal government’s reform law, which it promised during the 2018 election campaign. “Allowing all Cubs to start a family is a priority. I think it is the strong commitment of our government and we are moving it forward, ”he said.
He assures us that the government has the “ability to pay” for this project.
Presented in November 2020, The A law to amend various rules relating to assisted breeding Adopted March 2021. It will come into effect from November 15. The cost of the new public project is estimated at approximately 42 million dollars per year for approximately 3,500 annual requests. The costs of implementing a tax loan can reach $ 6 million a year.
Next year, Quebec is preparing to receive at least 7,000 refund requests for the first cycle of IVF. “Once the scheme is in place, clinics will be able to cope with the expected increase in demand,” he said. Garment believes. “If we remember the last year of the old plan, more than 10,000 people were repaid,” he compared.
In 2015, former Liberal Minister Gaétan Barrette ended a free aid breeding program introduced in 2010 under the Charest government. The latter, badly marked, was described at the time as the “open bar”, which led to many slips and expenses.
The beginning of a new era
The Quebec Infertility Association has welcomed the government’s announcement. “The launch of this public coverage marks a new era for everyone who wants to start a family in Quebec.
The association says tax credit changes for infertility treatment will ease financial barriers for patients who do not qualify for public coverage. “We hope these changes will create this tax measure, which was difficult to access due to the many conditions that were put in place when it was created,” he said.Me Brown.
