I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2828 To require Federal employee health benefit plans to include assisted reproductive treatment benefits, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APRIL 25, 2023 Mr. CONNOLLY (for himself, Ms. MACE, Ms. NORTON, and Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- mittee on Oversight and Accountability A BILL 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 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 22:54 May 01, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2828.IH H2828 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 2828 IH (A) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end 1 the following new subparagraph: 2 ‘‘(G) Assisted reproductive treatment bene- 3 fits.’’; and 4 (B) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end 5 the following new subparagraph: 6 ‘‘(G) Assisted reproductive treatment bene- 7 fits.’’; and 8 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub- 9 section: 10 ‘‘(c) ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TREATMENT DE- 11 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘assisted reproductive 12 treatment’ means any treatment or procedure facilitating 13 reproduction that includes the handling of human oocytes, 14 embryos, or sperm, including the following: 15 ‘‘(1) Assisted reproduction, including 16 intravaginal insemination, intracervical insemination 17 and intrauterine insemination. 18 ‘‘(2) In vitro fertilization. 19 ‘‘(3) Preservation of human oocytes, embryos, 20 or sperm for later reproductive use. 21 ‘‘(4) Such other treatments, procedures, medi- 22 cations, laboratory services, and technologies facili- 23 tating reproduction as determined appropriate by 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:54 May 01, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2828.IH H2828 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 2828 IH the Director of the Office of Personnel Manage- 1 ment.’’. 2 (b) IMPLEMENTATION TIMING.—The amendments 3 made by this Act shall take effect one year after the date 4 of the enactment of this Act. 5 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:54 May 01, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2828.IH H2828 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS