Family Building FEHB Fairness Act

Bill: 119-hr-1670
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2025-02-27
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Family planning and birth control

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Health care coverage and access

Sex and reproductive health
Latest action: action_date: 2025-09-16
text: ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Walkinshaw asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 1670, a bill originally introduced by Representative Connolly, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1670 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 27, 2025 Mr. Connolly (for himself, Ms. Norton , and Ms. Wasserman Schultz ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform A BILL 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. Fertility 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 new subparagraph: (G) Fertility treatment benefits. ; and (B) in paragraph (2)— (i) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (G); and (ii) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following new subparagraph: (F) Fertility treatment benefits. ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (c) In this section, the term fertility treatment means— (1) preservation of human oocytes, sperm, or embryos for later reproductive use; (2) artificial insemination, including intravaginal insemination, intracervical insemination, and intrauterine insemination; (3) assisted reproductive technology, including in vitro fertilization and other treatments or procedures in which reproductive genetic material, such as oocytes, sperm, fertilized eggs, and embryos, are handled, when clinically appropriate; (4) genetic testing of embryos; (5) medications prescribed or obtained over-the-counter, as indicated for fertility; (6) gamete donation; and (7) such other information, referrals, treatments, procedures, medications, laboratory services, technologies, and services relating to fertility as the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, determines appropriate. . (b) Effective date The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date that is 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act.