# 119-hr-4855: Veteran Families Health Services Act of 2025

119-hr-4855, Veteran Families Health Services Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2] (D-WA); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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- As of: 2026-04-21
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-4855
- Congress: 119
- Title: Veteran Families Health Services Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-08-01
- Sponsor: Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2] (D-WA)
- Cosponsors: 19
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Expanded reproductive and fertility services for active duty members and veterans** would be authorized across the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The bill would fund fertility treatment, counseling, cryopreservation, donor material options, and adoption support for service members, veterans, and their spouses or partners. It would require DoD and VA to coordinate care, set rules within two years, and limit the government role to providing treatment and counseling.

## Cosponsors (19)

- Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] (D-WA), 2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38] (D-CA), 2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] (D-CT), 2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6] (D-PA), 2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] (D-MA), 2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10] (D-WA), 2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2] (D-NC), 2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Magaziner, Seth [D-RI-2] (D-RI), 2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] (D-NJ), 2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8] (D-IL), 2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV), 2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL), 2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49] (D-CA), 2025-08-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29] (D-TX), 2025-08-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-32] (D-CA), 2025-08-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3] (D-IL), 2025-08-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51] (D-CA), 2025-08-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2025-08-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2025-10-08T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Free fertility preservation for service members: benefit, high. DoD must provide retrieval, testing, cryopreservation, shipping, storage, treatment, and counseling for active-duty members and their spouse, partner, or gestational surrogate. Services must be offered before deployment to combat zones or hazardous assignments and after service‑connected injury or…
- VA fertility, donor, and adoption help: benefit, high. VA must offer fertility treatment and counseling as medical services for enrolled (covered) veterans and, with informed consent, their spouse, partner, donor, or gestational surrogate. VA will not limit services based on sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, infertility diagnosis, or marital st…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- 119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025
- 119-hr-5390: FAMILY Act
- 119-hr-15: Equality Act
- 119-hr-2743: Raise the Wage Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-4855 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4855)

## Related
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-51)
- [119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-20)
- [119-hr-5390: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5390)
- [119-hr-15: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-15)
- [119-hr-2743: Raise the Wage Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2743)
- [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4855 (as of 2026-04-21).