[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 88 (Monday, June 6, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3439]
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SA 4386. Mr. BLUMENTHAL submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for
fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense,
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department
of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal
year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:
At the end of subtitle A of title VII, add the following:
SEC. 709. INCLUSION OF COVERAGE OF IN VITRO FERTILIZATION
TREATMENTS AS PART OF CONTINUED HEALTH BENEFITS
COVERAGE.
The Secretary of Defense shall include coverage of in vitro
fertilization treatments at military treatment facilities as
a covered health benefit under the program of continued
health benefits coverage under section 1078a of title 10,
United States Code, for any beneficiary under such section in
the same manner in which such treatments were covered for
such beneficiary under chapter 55 or section 1145 of such
title before the beneficiary became eligible for coverage
under section 1078a of such title.
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