Sec. 6. Treatment of infertility and prevention of iatrogenic infertility for veterans and spouses or partners of veterans
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Subchapter II of chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: The Secretary shall furnish treatment for infertility and fertility preservation services, including through the use of assisted reproductive technology, to a veteran or a spouse or partner of a veteran if the veteran, and the spouse or partner of the veteran, as applicable, apply jointly for such treatment and counseling through a process prescribed by the Secretary for purposes of this section.
In this section, the terms infertility and iatrogenic infertility have the meanings given those terms in section 2729A of the Public Health Service Act. . The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 17 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1720I the following new item: 1720J. Infertility treatment for veterans and spouses or partners of veterans. . Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall prescribe regulations to carry out section 1720J of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a).