This bill would expand TRICARE health coverage—the military's health insurance program—to include assisted reproductive services for active-duty service members and their dependents. The legislation removes existing restrictions that limit fertility treatments to cases involving service-connected disabilities, and ensures coverage regardless of a person's sex, gender, sexual orientation, or marital status. Covered services would include in-vitro fertilization, various insemination procedures, and embryo or sperm preservation. The bill generally requires an appropriate period of at least one year of unsuccessful attempts to conceive before coverage applies, though medical providers can determine if a shorter period is medically justified. The legislation does not specify new funding amounts, instead directing the Secretary of Defense to determine implementation details for integrating these services into the existing TRICARE program.
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