Expanding Access to Family Planning Act
- Last Action
- 6/22/2023
Actions
- 2023-06-22Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- 2023-06-22Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2023-06-22 (00)
Expanding Access to Family Planning Act
This bill provides, subject to specified conditions, funding through FY2033 for federally funded family planning services and clinics.
In particular, the funds must be used for (1) grants and contracts that support the provision of family planning services, and (2) clinic infrastructure (e.g., construction and renovation of clinics).
Clinics that receive funding to provide family planning services must offer each patient with a positive pregnancy test the opportunity for nondirective counseling on (1) prenatal care and delivery; (2) infant care, foster care, and adoption; and (3) pregnancy termination. This counseling must include referrals if requested by a patient.
Additionally, if a funding recipient makes subawards for the provision of family planning services, the recipient may not prohibit an entity from participating in a subaward program for reasons other than the entity's inability to provide family planning services.
Cosponsors (20)
- Patty Murray (D-WA)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- Michael Bennet (D-CO)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- John Fetterman (D-PA)
- John Hickenlooper (D-CO)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Christopher Murphy (D-CT)
- John Reed (D-RI)
- Brian Schatz (D-HI)
- Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ)
- Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
- Mark Warner (D-VA)
- Raphael Warnock (D-GA)
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Bob Casey (D-PA)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
Subjects
- Abortion
- Adoption and foster care
- Family planning and birth control
- Health facilities and institutions
- Sex and reproductive health
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