Access to Contraception for Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2023
Official title: A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that members of the Armed Forces and their families have access to the contraception they need in order… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that members of the Armed Forces and their families have access to the contraception they need in order to promote the health and readiness of all members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Access to Contraception for Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2023
This bill addresses Department of Defense (DOD) contraceptive care and family planning services.
Specifically, the bill prohibits cost-sharing requirements with respect to TRICARE beneficiaries for specified prescription contraceptives.
Additionally, the bill prohibits cost-sharing requirements for TRICARE Select and TRICARE Prime beneficiaries in relation to any in-network method of contraception or contraceptive care (including with respect to insertion, removal, and follow-up), any sterilization procedure, or any related patient education or counseling service.
The bill requires DOD to provide information on emergency contraceptives and care to sexual assault survivors at its medical treatment facilities. Upon request by a sexual assault survivor, DOD must provide such emergency contraceptives or a prescription for emergency contraceptives.
Finally, DOD must establish a uniform standard curriculum for education programs on family planning for all members of the Armed Forces. Such education programs must be provided to service members during their first year of service and at other appropriate times, as determined by each military department.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1527: Access to Contraception for Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1527/
"S. 1527: Access to Contraception for Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1527/.
S. 1527, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1527/.
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