Right to IVF Act
This bill establishes legal rights for individuals to access fertility treatment without restrictions inconsistent with widely accepted medical standards. It requires health insurance plans, Medicaid, Medicare, and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program to cover fertility treatment when they cover obstetrical services, defining fertility treatment broadly to include procedures like in vitro fertilization, genetic testing, and medication. The bill creates specific fertility treatment benefits for military members and veterans, including counseling and treatment without regard to sex, gender identity, or sexual orientation. It also establishes enforcement mechanisms, allowing individuals to sue if their rights are violated or the Attorney General to take action against states implementing restrictive laws.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Sep 2024
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Sep 17, 2024
Last action Dec 17, 2024
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3
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Committee
2
Dec 17, 2024
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Sep 17, 2024
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, Armed Services, Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, and Oversight and Accountability, 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.
lower
Sep 17, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Susan Wild
DDemocratic
Co
Gerald E. Connolly
DDemocratic
Co
Rick Larsen
DDemocratic
Co
Rosa L. DeLauro
DDemocratic
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