Protecting Access to Fertility Treatment and IVF
This act aims to ensure citizens' right to access fertility treatments, including IVF, without undue state restrictions. It also protects the rights of healthcare providers and insurers to offer and cover these services, in line with accepted medical standards. This provides more secure access to necessary therapies for individuals seeking to have children.
Key points
Guarantees patients' right to receive fertility treatment, including IVF, according to widely accepted medical standards.
Protects the rights of healthcare providers to offer fertility services and insurers to cover them.
Ensures the ability to make decisions regarding reproductive genetic material (eggs, sperm, embryos) without undue state limitations.
Allows for legal action in case of violations of access to fertility treatment by state laws.
Introduced
Additional Information
Print number: 119_S_2035
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Process start date: 2025-06-11