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This bill aims to protect and expand nationwide access to fertility treatment, including in vitro fertilization. The key provisions of the bill are: 1. It establishes statutory rights for individuals, healthcare providers, health insurance issuers, and manufacturers to access, provide, cover, and market fertility treatment services in accordance with widely accepted and evidence-based medical standards of care, without undue limitations or restrictions from states. 2. It requires the Department of Defense to provide fertility treatment and counseling, including in vitro fertilization, to members of the uniformed services and their spouses, partners, and gestational surrogates, and establishes procedures for the cryopreservation and storage of reproductive genetic material for these individuals. 3. It requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide fertility treatment and counseling to eligible veterans and their spouses, partners, and gestational surrogates. 4. It requires group health plans and health insurance issuers to provide coverage for fertility treatment, and Medicaid and Medicare to cover such treatment, with limitations on cost-sharing and other restrictions. 5. It amends the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program to include fertility treatment benefits.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/9643/all-info