EACH Act of 2023
- Last Action
- 3/29/2023
Actions
- 2023-03-29Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- 2023-03-29Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2023-03-29 (00)
Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance Act of 2023 or the EACH Act of 2023
This bill requires federal health care programs (e.g., Medicaid, Medicare, and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)) to provide coverage for abortion services and requires federal facilities to provide access to those services. Currently, coverage for such services under federal programs is generally only available in the case of rape, incest, or life endangerment.
Additionally, the bill repeals certain provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that permit states to prohibit coverage of abortion services in plans offered through a health insurance exchange in the state.
The bill also permits qualified health plans to use funds attributable to premium tax credits and reduced cost sharing assistance to pay for abortion services.
The bill is not subject to the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, which generally prohibits the federal government from substantially burdening a person's exercise of religion even if the burden results from a generally applicable law.
Cosponsors (20)
- Patty Murray (D-WA)
- Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- Alex Padilla (D-CA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Edward Markey (D-MA)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- John Fetterman (D-PA)
- Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Cory Booker (D-NJ)
- Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- Ben Cardin (D-MD)
- Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
Subjects
- Abortion
- Child health
- Correctional facilities and imprisonment
- Detention of persons
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health programs administration and funding
- Immigrant health and welfare
- Indian social and development programs
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Military medicine
- Military personnel and dependents
- Minority health
- Peace Corps
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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