Protect Sexual and Reproductive Health Act of 2023
- Last Action
- 6/23/2023
Actions
- 2023-06-23Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2023-06-22Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- 2023-06-22Introduced in House
- 2023-06-22Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2023-06-22 (00)
Protect Sexual and Reproductive Health Act of 2023
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to undertake activities to promote access to sexual and reproductive health and well-being.
The bill renames HHS's Office of Population Affairs as the Office of Sexual and Reproductive Health and modifies its responsibilities. Among other activities, the office must develop and implement a strategy to promote sexual and reproductive health and well-being. This strategy must include recommendations to integrate sexual and reproductive health equity and reproductive justice into federal programs.
HHS must also award grants for improving access to sexual and reproductive health care to nonprofit or community-based organizations that assist individuals seeking abortion services through programs that are unbiased and medically and factually accurate.
Additionally, HHS and the Director of the White House Gender Policy Council must jointly establish an interagency task force to coordinate and promote federal programs and activities related to sexual and reproductive health and well-being.
Cosponsors (12)
- Gwen Moore (D-WI)
- Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)
- Yvette Clarke (D-NY)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
- Mark Takano (D-CA)
- Jamaal Bowman (D-NY)
- SHEILA JACKSON LEE (D-TX)
- Ayanna Pressley (D-MA)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA)
- NYDIA VELAZQUEZ (D-NY)
- Summer Lee (D-PA)
Subjects
- Abortion
- Community life and organization
- Congressional oversight
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government information and archives
- Health care coverage and access
- Sex and reproductive health
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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