Family Building FEHB Fairness Act

II 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. 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 A BILL To amend title 5, United States Code, to require Federal employee health benefit plans to include assisted repro- ductive treatment benefits, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Family Building 4 FEHB Fairness Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TREATMENT BENEFITS. 6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8904 of title 5, United 7 States Code, is amended— 8 (1) in subsection (a)— 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:40 Apr 27, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1262.IS S1262 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •S 1262 IS (A) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end 1 the following: 2 ‘‘(G) Assisted reproductive treatment bene- 3 fits.’’; and 4 (B) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end 5 the following: 6 ‘‘(G) Assisted reproductive treatment bene- 7 fits.’’; and 8 (2) by adding at the end the following: 9 ‘‘(c) In this section, the term ‘assisted reproductive 10 treatment’ means any treatment or procedure facilitating 11 reproduction that includes the handling of human oocytes, 12 embryos, or sperm, including the following: 13 ‘‘(1) Assisted reproduction, including 14 intravaginal insemination, intracervical insemination, 15 and intrauterine insemination. 16 ‘‘(2) Preservation of human oocytes, embryos, 17 or sperm for later reproductive use. 18 ‘‘(3) In vitro fertilization. 19 ‘‘(4) Such other treatments, procedures, medi- 20 cations, laboratory services, and technologies facili- 21 tating reproduction as determined appropriate by 22 the Director of the Office of Personnel Manage- 23 ment.’’. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:40 Apr 27, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1262.IS S1262 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 3 •S 1262 IS (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 1 this section shall take effect on the date that is 1 year 2 after the date of enactment of this Act. 3 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:40 Apr 27, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S1262.IS S1262 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB