Bill > HR2734

This bill, the Veteran Families Health Services Act of 2021, aims to improve the reproductive assistance provided by the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs to certain members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and their spouses or partners. Key provisions include: - Requiring the Department of Defense to provide fertility treatment and counseling, including assisted reproductive technology, to covered members of the Armed Forces and their spouses, partners, or gestational surrogates, without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or marital status. - Establishing procedures for the Department of Defense to retrieve and preserve gametes from members whose fertility may be jeopardized by injury or illness incurred during active duty. - Requiring the Department of Defense to provide members on active duty the opportunity to cryopreserve and store their gametes prior to deployment or hazardous duty assignments. - Adding fertility treatment and counseling to the definition of "medical services" covered by the Department of Veterans Affairs and requiring the department to provide such services to certain veterans and their spouses, partners, or gestational surrogates. - Providing adoption assistance for certain veterans. - Facilitating reproduction and infertility research by the Department of Veterans Affairs. - Requiring annual and periodic reporting on the fertility treatment and counseling services provided by the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs.