Health Subcommittee, Veterans' Affairs Committee, Armed Services Committee
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
The Veteran Families Health Services Act of 2025 aims to significantly expand and improve reproductive assistance and family building options for members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and their families. This legislation mandates comprehensive fertility treatments, preservation services, and adoption support through both the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). It explicitly removes many existing barriers to care, ensuring broader access for diverse family structures. For active duty service members, the bill requires the Department of Defense to provide fertility treatment and counseling , including in vitro fertilization (IVF) with up to three oocyte retrievals and unlimited embryo transfers. These services are available to members, their spouses, partners, and gestational surrogates, without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or marital status. Furthermore, it establishes procedures for fertility preservation after injury or illness and offers no-cost cryopreservation and storage of reproductive genetic material for active duty members before hazardous assignments or deployments, with provisions for continued storage post-service. The Department of Veterans Affairs is directed to include fertility treatment and counseling as a covered medical service for enrolled veterans, their spouses, partners, and gestational surrogates, mirroring the DoD's non-discrimination and IVF provisions. Additionally, the VA will provide adoption assistance to enrolled veterans, offering financial support up to a specified limit, irrespective of the veteran's sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or marital status. Both departments are tasked with assisting beneficiaries in navigating these services and ensuring continuity of care. The bill also mandates coordination between the DoD and VA to share best practices and facilitate seamless transitions for fertility preservation care for service members becoming veterans. It requires the VA to facilitate collaborative research on reproduction and infertility to better address veterans' long-term reproductive health needs. This comprehensive approach seeks to support service members and veterans in their family planning journeys.
Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
The Veteran Families Health Services Act of 2025 aims to significantly expand and improve reproductive assistance and family building options for members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and their families. This legislation mandates comprehensive fertility treatments, preservation services, and adoption support through both the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). It explicitly removes many existing barriers to care, ensuring broader access for diverse family structures. For active duty service members, the bill requires the Department of Defense to provide fertility treatment and counseling , including in vitro fertilization (IVF) with up to three oocyte retrievals and unlimited embryo transfers. These services are available to members, their spouses, partners, and gestational surrogates, without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or marital status. Furthermore, it establishes procedures for fertility preservation after injury or illness and offers no-cost cryopreservation and storage of reproductive genetic material for active duty members before hazardous assignments or deployments, with provisions for continued storage post-service. The Department of Veterans Affairs is directed to include fertility treatment and counseling as a covered medical service for enrolled veterans, their spouses, partners, and gestational surrogates, mirroring the DoD's non-discrimination and IVF provisions. Additionally, the VA will provide adoption assistance to enrolled veterans, offering financial support up to a specified limit, irrespective of the veteran's sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or marital status. Both departments are tasked with assisting beneficiaries in navigating these services and ensuring continuity of care. The bill also mandates coordination between the DoD and VA to share best practices and facilitate seamless transitions for fertility preservation care for service members becoming veterans. It requires the VA to facilitate collaborative research on reproduction and infertility to better address veterans' long-term reproductive health needs. This comprehensive approach seeks to support service members and veterans in their family planning journeys.
Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.