Family Building FEHB Fairness Act

Bill: 118-s-1262
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2023-04-25
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Latest action: action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-04-25
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Family Building FEHB Fairness Act</strong></p><p>This bill requires health insurance plans offered to federal employees under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program to include assisted reproductive treatment benefits. Covered treatments are those facilitating reproduction, such as insemination, in vitro fertilization, and preservation of embryos.&nbsp;</p>

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1262 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 25, 2023 Ms. Duckworth introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To amend title 5, United States Code, to require Federal employee health benefit plans to include assisted reproductive treatment benefits, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Family Building FEHB Fairness Act . 2. Assisted reproductive treatment benefits (a) In general Section 8904 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the following: (G) Assisted reproductive treatment benefits. ; and (B) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following: (G) Assisted reproductive treatment benefits. ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (c) In this section, the term assisted reproductive treatment means any treatment or procedure facilitating reproduction that includes the handling of human oocytes, embryos, or sperm, including the following: (1) Assisted reproduction, including intravaginal insemination, intracervical insemination, and intrauterine insemination. (2) Preservation of human oocytes, embryos, or sperm for later reproductive use. (3) In vitro fertilization. (4) Such other treatments, procedures, medications, laboratory services, and technologies facilitating reproduction as determined appropriate by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management. . (b) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act.