RESTORE Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill creates congressional findings establishing the need for restorative reproductive medicine, describing reproductive health conditions including endometriosis, adenomyosis, polycystic ovary syndrome, and uterine, defines key terms including assisted reproductive technology, fertility awareness-based methods, NaProTechnology, restorative reproductive medicine, and reproductive health conditions that govern the application of, and requires Assistant Secretary for Health to conduct literature reviews every 3 years on standard of care for infertility diagnosis, including studies on restorative reproductive medicine referrals and fertility. It relies on reporting requirements, grants, compliance mandates, and product standards. The main policy areas are Healthcare, Education, and Science & Space.
Who Benefits and How
Patients with reproductive health conditions could gain revenue opportunities, Restorative reproductive medicine providers could gain revenue opportunities, and Surgeons performing endometriosis excision could gain revenue opportunities.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health would take on compliance duties, Reproductive Health National Training Center would take on compliance duties, and CMS and National Center for Health Statistics would take on compliance duties.
Key Provisions
- Creates congressional findings establishing the need for restorative reproductive medicine, describing reproductive health conditions including endometriosis, adenomyosis, polycystic ovary syndrome, and uterine...
- Defines key terms including assisted reproductive technology, fertility awareness-based methods, NaProTechnology, restorative reproductive medicine, and reproductive health conditions that govern the application of...
- Requires Assistant Secretary for Health to conduct literature reviews every 3 years on standard of care for infertility diagnosis, including studies on restorative reproductive medicine referrals and fertility...
- Requires literature reviews every 3 years on standard of care for reproductive health condition diagnosis, assessing access to NaProTechnology, fertility awareness training, and insurance coverage.
- Directs CDC to evaluate and consider modifying the National Survey of Family Growth to add questions about restorative reproductive health, reproductive health conditions, restorative medicine availability...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill creates congressional findings establishing the need for restorative reproductive medicine, describing reproductive health conditions including endometriosis, adenomyosis, polycystic ovary syndrome, and uterine, defines key terms including assisted reproductive technology, fertility awareness-based methods, NaProTechnology, restorative reproductive medicine, and reproductive health conditions that govern the application of, and requires Assistant Secretary for Health to conduct literature reviews every 3 years on standard of care for infertility diagnosis, including studies on restorative reproductive medicine referrals and fertility.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Education, Science & Space
Primary Purpose
The bill creates congressional findings establishing the need for restorative reproductive medicine, describing reproductive health conditions including endometriosis, adenomyosis, polycystic ovary syndrome, and uterine, defines key terms including assisted reproductive technology, fertility awareness-based methods, NaProTechnology, restorative reproductive medicine, and reproductive health conditions that govern the application of, and requires Assistant Secretary for Health to conduct literature reviews every 3 years on standard of care for infertility diagnosis, including studies on restorative reproductive medicine referrals and fertility.
Policy Domains
RESTORE Act
Identified Gains
- Patients with reproductive health conditions
- Restorative reproductive medicine providers
- Surgeons performing endometriosis excision
- NaProTechnology training programs
- NIH and federal research agencies
Identified Costs
- Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
- Reproductive Health National Training Center
- CMS and National Center for Health Statistics
- Title X grantees
- Office of Population Affairs
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMrs. Harshbarger (for herself and Mr. Moore of West Virginia) …
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Fertility awareness education providers, NaProTechnology educational programs, NaProTechnology training programs
Positive-direction: Fertility awareness education providers, NaProTechnology educational programs, NaProTechnology training programs
Negative-direction: Reproductive Health National Training Center
National Center for Health Statistics, Office of Population Affairs, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
NaProTechnology practitioners, Restorative reproductive medicine field, Restorative reproductive medicine providers
Patients with reproductive health conditions, Women with reproductive health conditions
NIH and federal research agencies, Restorative reproductive medicine researchers
Academic researchers studying reproductive conditions
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_director"
- → Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Health and Human Services
- "the_assistant_secretary"
- → Assistant Secretary for Health
- "the_deputy_assistant_secretary"
- → Deputy Assistant Secretary for Population Affairs
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
Treatments involving handling of human eggs, sperm, and embryos outside the body including IVF, artificial insemination, and cryopreservation
Modern, evidence-based methods of tracking the menstrual cycle through biological signs including body temperature, cervical fluid, and hormone production
Program developed with Reproductive Health Research Institute providing education about hormonal health and medical support
Natural Procreative Technology - healthcare approach that monitors and maintains reproductive health while working cooperatively with natural fertility cycles
Medical practice focusing on diagnosing and treating underlying causes of infertility rather than bypassing them
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