HR 5492 United States House · 118th Congress

Veteran Families Health Services Act of 2023

HR 5492, the Veteran Families Health Services Act of 2023, provides fertility treatment, counseling, and adoption assistance to military members and veterans with infertility conditions. The bill requires the Department of Defense to offer fertility preservation services like cryopreservation before deployment or hazardous assignments, and to cover fertility treatments including in vitro fertilization for current service members. For veterans, it adds fertility treatment and counseling to VA medical services, allows adoption assistance up to the cost of three adoptions, and mandates coordination between military and VA health systems. These provisions apply regardless of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or marital status, and are designed to support military families affected by service-related infertility.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare ✓ Veterans

Sub-Topics: Veteran Healthcare Military Families Veteran Benefits

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

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Sep 2023

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Introduced Sep 14, 2023 Last action Sep 19, 2023

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Sep 19, 2023

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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Sep 14, 2023

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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.

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Sep 14, 2023

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1 primary · 36 co-sponsors