Sec. 709. Inclusion of infertility treatments for members of the uniformed services
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The Secretary of Defense may provide to members of uniformed services under section 1074(a) of title 10, United States Code, and spouses of such members, treatment for infertility, including nonexperimental assisted reproductive services, including, at a minimum, the following: Services, medications, and supplies for non-coital reproductive technologies. Counseling on such services. Reversal of tubal ligation or vasectomy in conjunction with services furnished under this section.
Cryopreservation, including associated services, supplies, and storage. The Secretary may not require any fees or other cost-sharing requirements under subsection (a). In this section, the term infertility means a disease, characterized by the failure to establish a clinical pregnancy— after 12 months of regular, unprotected sexual intercourse; or due to a person’s incapacity for reproduction either as an individual or with his or her partner, which may be determined after a period of less than 12 months of regular, unprotected sexual intercourse, or based on medical, sexual and reproductive history, age, physical findings, or diagnostic testing.