,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dcfh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #bj1      
#bjbd,mr4 ,cruz 7for himself and ,mrs4  
,britt7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,finance  ,a ,,bill  ,to 
amend title ,,xix of the ,social        
,security ,act to require1 as a         
condition of receiving ,federal         
,medicaid funding1 that ,states do not  
prohibit in vitro fertilization 7,,ivf7 
services1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,,ivf ,protection ,act4  #b4        
,findings ,congress finds the following3
 7#a7 ,since its development in the     
#aigjs1 in vitro fertilization 7referred
 to in this section as ,,ivf7 has proven
 itself to be a safe1 effective1 and    
reliable means to achieving pregnancy4  
7#b7 ,,ivf has allowed millions of      
aspiring parents to experience the      
miracle of childbirth4  7#c7 ,,ivf is a 
pro-woman and pro-family solution for   

those struggling to have children4  7#d7
 ,,ivf has become a symbol of hope for  
those aspiring to conceive4  7#e7 ,it is
 now estimated that nearly #b percent of
 all live births in the ,united ,states 
are the result of ,,ivf1 resulting in   
tens of thousands of happy1 healthy     
babies being born annually4  7#f7 ,the  
use of ,,ivf has strengthened our       
communities and our nation by promoting 
generations of children and families    
that otherwise may not have come to be4 
#c4 ,medicaid requirement that ,states  
do not prohibit ,,ivf services ,section 
#aijb of the ,social ,security ,act 7#db
 ,u4,s4,c4 #acif;a7 is amended by adding
 at the end the following new           
subsection3  7uu7 ,requirement that     
,states do not prohibit ,,ivf services  
,as a condition of receiving payments   
under section #aijc7;a71 a ,state-- 7#a7
 shall not prohibit in vitro            
fertilization 7as defined in section    
#d7;b7 of the ,,ivf ,protection ,act7   
services2 and  7#b7 shall ensure that no

 unit of local government in the ,state 
prohibits such services4  4  #d4 ,no    
requirement to furnish ,,ivf services   
7a7 ,in general ,nothing in the ,,ivf   
,protection ,act shall be construed to  
compel any individual or organization to
 provide in vitro fertilization         
services4  7b7 ,in vitro fertilization  
defined ,in this section1 the term in   
vitro fertilization means the practice  
whereby eggs are collected from ovaries 
and manually fertilized by sperm1 for   
later placement inside of a uterus4  #e4
 ,rule of construction ,nothing in the  
,,ivf ,protection ,act shall be         
construed to impede ,states from        
implementing health and safety standards
 regarding the practice of in vitro     
fertilization 7as defined in section    
#d7;b774