119-hr3025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3025 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3025

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the coverage of 
assisted reproductive services under the TRICARE program, and for other 
 purposes.

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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

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 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:
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Sec. 1074p. Assisted reproductive services for certain members and 
 dependents
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    (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:
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    (1) Whether the assisted reproductive service is related 
 to the treatment of a service-connected disability.
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    (2) Whether the member has a serious illness or injury 
 resulting from a service-connected disability.
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    (3) The ability of the member or dependent, as 
 applicable--
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        (A) to conceive a pregnancy or carry a pregnancy 
 to live birth after an appropriate period of regular, 
 unprotected sexual intercourse; or
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        (B) to reproduce, either as an individual or with 
 a partner.
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    (4) The sex, gender, sexual orientation, or marital 
 status of the member or dependent, as applicable.
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    (b) 

=== Definitions. ===
-In this section:
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    (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.
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    (2) The term `assisted reproductive services' includes 
 the following services:
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        (A) Assisted reproduction, including intravaginal 
 insemination, intracervical insemination, and 
 intrauterine insemination.
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        (B) In-vitro fertilization.
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            (C) The preservation of embryos, eggs, or sperm 
 through cryopreservation.
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            (D) Such other forms of assisted reproductive 
 services as determined appropriate by the Secretary.''.
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