Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act
Current understanding
Introduced legislation that would prohibit the Department of Veterans Affairs from imposing cost-sharing on contraceptive items and services that private health plans are required to cover without cost-sharing under the Affordable Care Act’s preventive services rules. The practical effect would be to align VA contraceptive coverage for enrolled veterans with the zero-cost-sharing standard already applied to most private insurance, most directly affecting women veterans and others of reproductive age using VA care. Status: introduced; no committee action reported.
Evidence log
- 2026-01-27 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Veterans Affairs relating to “Reproductive Health Services”.: cross-connection with va-reproductive-health-services: Both concern the VA’s provision of reproductive-health services to veterans and dependents. (novelty: 2)
- 2025-04-08 — Servicewomen and Veterans Menopause Research Act: cross-connection with servicewomen-veterans-menopause-research: Parallel efforts to expand women veterans’ health equity through targeted VA-focused legislation. (novelty: 2)
- 2025-02-06 — Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act: cross-connection with reproductive-freedom-for-veterans-act: Both bills expand VA-provided reproductive health services for veterans; the Reproductive Freedom for Veterans Act focuses on the scope of covered services while this bill targets cost-sharing parity with private plans for contraception. (novelty: 3)