Family Building FEHB Fairness Act
Latest action · Apr 25, 2023 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 25, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Family Building FEHB Fairness Act
This bill requires health insurance plans offered to federal employees under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program to include assisted reproductive treatment benefits. Covered treatments are those facilitating reproduction, such as insemination, in vitro fertilization, and preservation of embryos.
Cosponsors 27
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 25, 2023 to Jul 24, 2024; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Original | Apr 25, 2023 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Apr 25, 2023 |
| R-SC | Nancy Mace | Original | Apr 25, 2023 |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | Apr 26, 2023 | |
| D-VA | Jennifer Wexton | May 17, 2023 | |
| D-VA | Abigail Davis Spanberger | Sep 5, 2023 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Jan 30, 2024 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Mar 1, 2024 | |
| D-LA | Troy A. Carter | Mar 1, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Mar 1, 2024 | |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Mar 5, 2024 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Mar 5, 2024 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Mar 6, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Robert Garcia | Mar 12, 2024 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Mar 19, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Apr 25, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 25, 2023Introduced in House
- Apr 25, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 69, April 25, 2023, page H1948.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1262 | Family Building FEHB Fairness Act | Related bill | Apr 25, 2023 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require Federal employee health benefit plans to include assisted reproductive treatment benefits, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Family Building FEHB Fairness Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 25, 2023Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
