Bill > S1280

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, regardless of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or marital status. - Establishing procedures for the Department of Defense to retrieve and preserve the gametes of members of the Armed Forces whose fertility may be jeopardized due to injury or illness. - Requiring the Department of Defense to provide cryopreservation and storage of gametes for members of the Armed Forces 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 VA to provide these services to covered veterans and their spouses, partners, or gestational surrogates. - Providing adoption assistance to certain veterans. - Facilitating research on reproductive health and infertility for veterans with service-connected conditions. - Requiring reporting on the fertility treatment and counseling services provided by the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs.