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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8869 

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require, as a condition 

of receiving Federal Medicaid funding, that States do not prohibit in 

vitro fertilization (IVF) services, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 27, 2024 

Mr. PERRY (for himself and Ms. MACE) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require, 

as a condition of receiving Federal Medicaid funding, 

that States do not prohibit in vitro fertilization (IVF) 

services, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘IVF Protection Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

6 Congress finds the following: 

7 (1) Since its development in the 1970s, in vitro 

8 fertilization (referred to in this section as ‘‘IVF’’) 


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1 has proven itself to be a safe, effective, and reliable 

2 means to achieving pregnancy. 

3 (2) IVF has allowed millions of aspiring parents 

4 to experience the miracle of childbirth. 

5 (3) IVF is a pro-woman and pro-family solution 

6 for those struggling to have children. 

7 (4) IVF has become a symbol of hope for those 

8 aspiring to conceive. 

9 (5) It is now estimated that nearly 2 percent of 

10 all live births in the United States are the result of 

11 IVF, resulting in tens of thousands of happy, 

12 healthy babies being born annually. 

13 (6) The use of IVF has strengthened our com14 munities and our nation by promoting generations of 

15 children and families that otherwise may not have 

16 come to be. 

17 SEC. 3. MEDICAID REQUIREMENT THAT STATES DO NOT 

18 PROHIBIT IVF SERVICES. 

19 Section 1902 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

20 1396a) is amended by adding at the end the following new 

21 subsection: 

22 ‘‘(uu) REQUIREMENT THAT STATES DO NOT PRO23 HIBIT IVF SERVICES.—As a condition of receiving pay24 ments under section 1903(a), a State— 


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1 ‘‘(1) shall not prohibit in vitro fertilization (as 

2 defined in section 4(b) of the IVF Protection Act) 

3 services; and 

4 ‘‘(2) shall ensure that no unit of local govern5 ment in the State prohibits such services.’’. 

6 SEC. 4. NO REQUIREMENT TO FURNISH IVF SERVICES. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in the IVF Protection 

8 Act shall be construed to compel any individual or organi9 zation to provide in vitro fertilization services. 

10 (b) IN VITRO FERTILIZATION DEFINED.—In this 

11 section, the term ‘‘in vitro fertilization’’ means the prac12 tice whereby eggs are collected from ovaries and manually 

13 fertilized by sperm, for later placement inside of a uterus. 

14 SEC. 5. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

15 Nothing in the IVF Protection Act shall be construed 

16 to impede States from implementing health and safety 

17 standards regarding the practice of in vitro fertilization 

18 (as defined in section 4(b)). 

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