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Expanding Access to Fertility Care for Servicemembers and Dependents Act
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the coverage of assisted reproductive services under the TRICARE program, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill amends military law to require that the TRICARE health insurance program cover assisted reproductive services for active duty service members and their dependents. The bill specifies that coverage is provided regardless of whether the need for reproductive services is related to a service-connected disability, the member's ability to conceive naturally, or the member's sex, gender, sexual orientation, or marital status. Covered services include various forms of assisted reproduction, in-vitro fertilization, and preservation of embryos, eggs, or sperm.
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- Apr 24, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. · house
- Apr 24, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 24, 2025
Ms. Strickland (for herself, Ms. Norton, Mr. Takano, and Ms. Pressley) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the coverage of assisted reproductive services under the TRICARE program, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Expanding Access to Fertility Care for Servicemembers and Dependents Act”.
SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE SERVICES UNDER TRICARE PROGRAM.
Chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1074o the following new section: “Sec. 1074p. Assisted reproductive services for certain members and dependents
“(a) In General.—Any member of the armed forces (including the reserve components) performing active service who is entitled to medical care under the TRICARE program, and any dependent of such a member, shall be entitled to assisted reproductive services as part of such medical care, without regard to any of the following:
“(1) Whether the assisted reproductive service is related to the treatment of a service-connected disability.
“(2) Whether the member has a serious illness or injury resulting from a service-connected disability.
“(3) The ability of the member or dependent, as applicable—
“(A) to conceive a pregnancy or carry a pregnancy to live birth after an appropriate period of regular, unprotected sexual intercourse; or
“(B) to reproduce, either as an individual or with a partner.
“(4) The sex, gender, sexual orientation, or marital status of the member or dependent, as applicable.
“(b) Definitions.—In this section:
“(1) The term ‘appropriate period’ means, with respect to an individual, a period of at least one year, unless the health care provider of the individual determines, based on medical history, age, or physical findings, that a shorter period is appropriate.
“(2) The term ‘assisted reproductive services’ includes the following services:
“(A) Assisted reproduction, including intravaginal insemination, intracervical insemination, and intrauterine insemination.
“(B) In-vitro fertilization.
“(C) The preservation of embryos, eggs, or sperm through cryopreservation.
“(D) Such other forms of assisted reproductive services as determined appropriate by the Secretary.”. <all>
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