Health Coverage for IVF Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3480 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3480 To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to include fertility treatment and care as an essential health benefit. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 19, 2025 Ms. Underwood introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to include fertility treatment and care as an essential health benefit. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Health Coverage for Inclusive and Valued Families Act of 2025'' or the ``Health Coverage for IVF Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. INCLUDING FERTILITY TREATMENT AND CARE AS AN ESSENTIAL HEALTH BENEFIT. (a) In General.--Section 1302(b) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18022(b)) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (1)-- (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking ``paragraph (2)'' and inserting ``paragraphs (2) and (6)''; and (B) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: ``(K) Fertility treatment and care.''; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ``(6) Fertility treatment and care defined.--For purposes of paragraph (1)(K), the term `fertility treatment and care' means the following medically appropriate items and services furnished to an individual: ``(A) Preservation of human oocytes, sperm, or embryos for later reproductive use. ``(B) Artificial insemination, including intravaginal insemination, intracervical insemination, and intrauterine insemination. ``(C) Assisted reproductive technology, including in vitro fertilization and other treatm