[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1262 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1262

   To amend title 5, United States Code, to require Federal employee 
    health benefit plans to include assisted reproductive treatment 
                   benefits, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 25, 2023

 Ms. Duckworth introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 5, United States Code, to require Federal employee 
    health benefit plans to include assisted reproductive treatment 
                   benefits, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Family Building FEHB Fairness Act''.

SEC. 2. ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TREATMENT BENEFITS.

    (a) In General.--Section 8904 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the 
                following:
                    ``(G) Assisted reproductive treatment benefits.''; 
                and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the 
                following:
                    ``(G) Assisted reproductive treatment benefits.''; 
                and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) In this section, the term `assisted reproductive treatment' 
means any treatment or procedure facilitating reproduction that 
includes the handling of human oocytes, embryos, or sperm, including 
the following:
            ``(1) Assisted reproduction, including intravaginal 
        insemination, intracervical insemination, and intrauterine 
        insemination.
            ``(2) Preservation of human oocytes, embryos, or sperm for 
        later reproductive use.
            ``(3) In vitro fertilization.
            ``(4) Such other treatments, procedures, medications, 
        laboratory services, and technologies facilitating reproduction 
        as determined appropriate by the Director of the Office of 
        Personnel Management.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
Act.
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