Veterans Infertility Treatment Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
In Committee
Summary
Expand VA infertility care for veterans and their partners. The bill would let the Department of Veterans Affairs furnish infertility treatments, including assisted reproductive technology, and standard fertility preservation services to enrolled veterans who have or are at risk of infertility and to their partners.
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- Veterans and families: Enrolled veterans deemed infertile or at risk by a licensed physician would be eligible for infertility treatments and fertility preservation services.
- IVF limits and options: In vitro fertilization could be capped at up to 3 completed IVF cycles that result in live birth or 10 attempted IVF cycles, whichever occurs first. Treatments may use donated gametes or embryos.
- Partners, consent, and travel: A partner chosen by the veteran could receive counseling and treatment and must give consent along with the covered individual and any third-party donor. For travel-pay purposes the partner would be treated as a veteran receiving care.
- Implementation and legal rules: The Secretary would need to issue regulations within one year and provide up to 180 days of interim policies to continue and expand existing services. State law would determine custody, donation, and disposition of gametes or embryos where they are located.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
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VA fertility care for veterans and partners
If enacted, VA would offer infertility treatment and fertility preservation to covered veterans and their partners. You must be enrolled in VA care and have infertility or be at risk, as a doctor decides. Coverage would begin once VA issues rules. VA could cover up to three IVF cycles that result in live birth, or up to 10 attempts, whichever comes first. Donated eggs, sperm, or embryos could be used with required written consent from you, your partner (if needed), and any donor. A treated partner would count for VA travel pay. This would not require VA to cover maternity care beyond current law.
VA fertility rollout and interim help
If enacted, VA would have one year to write rules for the new fertility program. From 180 days after enactment until those rules are issued, VA could keep services going and expand some access. During this interim, partners could get care without being married, and donated eggs, sperm, or embryos could be used. If you were already in VA fertility care the day before rules are issued, you could stay under old rules or switch to the new section, with past services counting toward any limits.
State law controls embryo decisions
If enacted, state law would decide the legal status, custody, use, donation, or destruction of eggs, sperm, and embryos used or stored under VA fertility care. The rules would follow the state where the material is located. This would apply once VA issues rules. Outcomes could differ by state.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
CA • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
NJ • D
Sponsored 1/7/2025
Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
WI • D
Sponsored 1/7/2025
Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12]
MI • D
Sponsored 1/7/2025
Cherfilus-McCormick
FL • D
Sponsored 1/7/2025
Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1]
OH • D
Sponsored 1/7/2025
Thompson (MS)
MS • D
Sponsored 1/7/2025
Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29]
TX • D
Sponsored 1/7/2025
Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6]
MI • D
Sponsored 1/7/2025
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 1/7/2025
Rep. Magaziner, Seth [D-RI-2]
RI • D
Sponsored 1/7/2025
Trahan
MA • D
Sponsored 1/7/2025
Rep. Foushee, Valerie P. [D-NC-4]
NC • D
Sponsored 1/7/2025
Pingree
ME • D
Sponsored 1/7/2025
Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3]
IL • D
Sponsored 1/7/2025
Rep. Leger Fernandez, Teresa [D-NM-3]
NM • D
Sponsored 1/7/2025
Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2]
HI • D
Sponsored 1/7/2025
Rep. Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10]
WA • D
Sponsored 1/7/2025
Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]
NY • D
Sponsored 1/7/2025
Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5]
PA • D
Sponsored 1/7/2025
Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
CT • D
Sponsored 1/7/2025
Levin
CA • D
Sponsored 1/7/2025
Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2]
NC • D
Sponsored 1/7/2025
Rep. Casar, Greg [D-TX-35]
TX • D
Sponsored 1/7/2025
Lofgren
CA • D
Sponsored 1/9/2025
Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10]
NJ • D
Sponsored 1/9/2025
Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]
CT • D
Sponsored 1/9/2025
Rep. Golden, Jared F. [D-ME-2]
ME • D
Sponsored 1/9/2025
Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
WI • D
Sponsored 1/13/2025
Johnson (GA)
GA • D
Sponsored 1/13/2025
Turner (TX)
TX • D
Sponsored 1/13/2025
Budzinski
IL • D
Sponsored 1/13/2025
Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
NV • D
Sponsored 1/13/2025
Cisneros
CA • D
Sponsored 1/13/2025
Sherrill
NJ • D
Sponsored 1/13/2025
Cohen
TN • D
Sponsored 1/13/2025
Rep. Hoyle, Val T. [D-OR-4]
OR • D
Sponsored 1/22/2025
McGovern
MA • D
Sponsored 1/22/2025
Rep. McClain Delaney, April [D-MD-6]
MD • D
Sponsored 1/22/2025
Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28]
CA • D
Sponsored 1/31/2025
Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14]
FL • D
Sponsored 1/31/2025
Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5]
GA • D
Sponsored 1/31/2025
Simon
CA • D
Sponsored 1/31/2025
Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13]
MI • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Morrison, Kelly [D-MN-3]
MN • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]
NJ • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4]
IL • D
Sponsored 2/7/2025
Connolly
VA • D
Sponsored 2/7/2025
Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/7/2025
Rep. Torres, Norma J. [D-CA-35]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/7/2025
Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12]
NY • D
Sponsored 2/11/2025
Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1]
HI • D
Sponsored 2/11/2025
Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10]
NY • D
Sponsored 2/12/2025
Rep. Frost, Maxwell [D-FL-10]
FL • D
Sponsored 2/12/2025
Soto
FL • D
Sponsored 2/18/2025
Grijalva
AZ • D
Sponsored 2/27/2025
Friedman
CA • D
Sponsored 2/27/2025
Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3]
KS • D
Sponsored 3/11/2025
Rep. Scholten, Hillary J. [D-MI-3]
MI • D
Sponsored 3/11/2025
Rep. Amo, Gabe [D-RI-1]
RI • D
Sponsored 3/18/2025
Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-4]
AZ • D
Sponsored 3/18/2025
Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4]
NV • D
Sponsored 4/17/2025
Kennedy (NY)
NY • D
Sponsored 4/28/2025
Rep. Latimer, George [D-NY-16]
NY • D
Sponsored 5/9/2025
Rep. Ansari, Yassamin [D-AZ-3]
AZ • D
Sponsored 6/5/2025
Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5]
MN • D
Sponsored 6/5/2025
Rep. Pettersen, Brittany [D-CO-7]
CO • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
CO • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10]
CA • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
NY • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]
MO • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Carson
IN • D
Sponsored 8/15/2025
Rep. Walkinshaw, James R. [D-VA-11]
VA • D
Sponsored 9/30/2025
Craig
MN • D
Sponsored 10/8/2025
DelBene
WA • D
Sponsored 10/24/2025
Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
MA • D
Sponsored 10/31/2025
Rep. McGarvey, Morgan [D-KY-3]
KY • D
Sponsored 11/4/2025
Escobar
TX • D
Sponsored 12/16/2025
Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
NY • D
Sponsored 1/16/2026
Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1]
NH • D
Sponsored 5/7/2026
Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7]
VA • D
Sponsored 5/13/2026
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