Abortion Non-Discrimination Act of 2002

Abortion Non-Discrimination Act of 2002 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the Federal Government, and any State or local government that receives Federal financial assistance, from discriminating against any health care entity because (in addition to current prohibited reasons) the entity refuses to provide coverage of, or pay for, induced abortions. Expands the definition of "health care entity" to include (in addition to physicians) other health professionals, a hospital, a provider sponsored organization, a health maintenance organization, a health insurance plan, and any other kind of health care facility, organization, or plan.

[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4691 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4691

  To prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in governmental 
                              activities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 9, 2002

  Mr. Bilirakis (for himself, Mr. Armey, Mr. Tauzin, Mr. Stupak, Mr. 
Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Barcia, Mr. Taylor of Mississippi, Mr. Barton 
  of Texas, Mr. Upton, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Deal of Georgia, Mr. Burr of 
North Carolina, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Norwood, Mrs. Cubin, Mr. Pickering, 
Mr. Bryant, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Mica, Mr. Weldon of Florida, Mr. 
Lewis of Kentucky, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Cooksey, and Mr. Jeff 
Miller of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                  the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in governmental 
                              activities.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Abortion Non-Discrimination Act of 
2002''.

SEC. 2. ABORTION NON-DISCRIMINATION.

    Section 245 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 238n) is 
amended--
            (1) in the section heading, by striking ``regarding 
        training and licensing of physicians'' and inserting 
        ``regarding training, licensing, and practice of physicians and 
        other health care entities'';
            (2) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``to perform such 
        abortions'' and inserting ``to perform, provide coverage of, or 
        pay for induced abortions''; and
            (3) in subsection (c)(2)--
                    (A) by inserting ``or other health professional,'' 
                after ``an individual physician'';
                    (B) by striking ``and a participant'' and inserting 
                ``a participant''; and
                    (C) by inserting before the period the following: 
                ``, a hospital, a provider sponsored organization, a 
                health maintenance organization, a health insurance 
                plan, or any other kind of health care facility, 
                organization or plan''.
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