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119-hr-3025119th CongressWALLET

Expanding Access to Fertility Care for Servicemembers and Dependents Act

Sponsored By: Representative Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10]

Introduced

Summary

This bill would require TRICARE to provide coverage for a broad set of assisted reproductive services for active-duty service members and their dependents. It centers on expanding access to fertility care and forbids discrimination based on sex, gender, sexual orientation, or marital status.

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  • Active-duty members would gain TRICARE coverage for assisted reproduction including intravaginal insemination, intracervical insemination, intrauterine insemination, in‑vitro fertilization, and cryopreservation of embryos, eggs, or sperm, with the Secretary allowed to add other services.
  • Dependents and family members eligible for TRICARE would be covered under the same rules, without limiting coverage to service-connected conditions or to a claimant's marital or partner status.
  • The bill defines an "appropriate period" for assessing natural conception as at least one year unless a provider decides a shorter period is clinically appropriate based on age or medical history.

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More TRICARE fertility care for military families

If enacted, active-duty members and their dependents with TRICARE would get assisted reproductive services. Coverage would include insemination methods, in‑vitro fertilization, and freezing eggs, sperm, or embryos; the Defense Secretary could add more. TRICARE could not deny care because of sex, gender, sexual orientation, or marital status, or for lack of a service‑connected injury. The bill defines an "appropriate period" as at least one year, but doctors could set a shorter time based on age or health. Coverage would not depend on meeting that period or on having a partner.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10]

WA • D

Cosponsors

  • Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]

    DC • D

    Sponsored 4/24/2025

  • Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 4/24/2025

  • Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7]

    MA • D

    Sponsored 4/24/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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