Sec. 373. Adoption assistance for severely wounded veterans
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Subchapter VIII of chapter 17, as amended by section 372(a) of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following new section: The Secretary may pay an amount, not to exceed the limitation amount, to assist a covered veteran in the adoption of one or more children. For purposes of this section, a covered veteran is any severely wounded, ill, or injured veteran who— has an infertility condition incurred or aggravated in line of duty in the active military, naval, or air service; and is enrolled in the system of annual patient enrollment established under section 1705(a) of this title.
For purposes of this section, the limitation amount is the amount equal to the lesser of— the cost the Department would incur if the Secretary were to provide a covered veteran with one cycle of fertility treatment through the use of assisted reproductive technology under section 1788 of this title, as determined by the Secretary; or the cost the Department would incur by paying the expenses of three adoptions by covered veterans, as determined by the Secretary. In this section, the term assisted reproductive technology has the meaning given that term in section 1788 of this title. .
The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 17, as amended by section 372(b) of this Act, is further amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1788 the following new item: 1789. Adoption assistance. .