Bill > S2801

This bill, the Veteran Families Health Services Act of 2023, 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: 1. 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. 2. Establishing procedures for the Department of Defense to cryopreserve and store the reproductive genetic material of members of the Armed Forces prior to deployments or hazardous assignments, and providing options for continued storage after separation from the military. 3. Expanding the definition of "medical services" in Title 38 to include fertility treatment and counseling for eligible veterans, and requiring the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide such services to covered veterans and their spouses, partners, or gestational surrogates. 4. Providing adoption assistance to certain eligible veterans. 5. Requiring the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs to coordinate on the provision of fertility treatment and counseling, and facilitate research to improve the reproductive health care for veterans.

Military Affairs and Security

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/2801/all-info