Abortion Non-Discrimination Act of 2003

Abortion Non-Discrimination Act of 2003 - 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 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3664 Introduced in House (IH)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 3664

  To prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in governmental 
                              activities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 8, 2003

Mr. Bilirakis (for himself, Mr. Tauzin, Mr. Taylor of Mississippi, Mr. 
  Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr. Deal of Georgia, Mr. 
Pickering, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Upton, 
 Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Burr, and Mr. Hall) 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 
2003''.

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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