INFO for Reproductive Care Act of 2023

Informing New Factors and Options for Reproductive Care Act of 2023 or the INFO for Reproductive Care Act of 2023

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to carry out a campaign to educate health care professionals (and health care professions students) about assisting patients to navigate legal issues related to abortions and other reproductive health care services.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1224 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1224

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a national public 
awareness campaign to inform health care professionals and health care 
   professional students on how to help patients navigate the legal 
   landscape in the United States with respect to abortion and other 
    reproductive health care services following the Supreme Court's 
       decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 27, 2023

  Mrs. Trahan (for herself, Ms. Barragan, Ms. Norton, Mr. Lynch, Mr. 
Evans, Ms. Titus, Ms. Kuster, and Ms. Tokuda) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a national public 
awareness campaign to inform health care professionals and health care 
   professional students on how to help patients navigate the legal 
   landscape in the United States with respect to abortion and other 
    reproductive health care services following the Supreme Court's 
       decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Informing New Factors and Options 
for Reproductive Care Act of 2023'' or the ``INFO for Reproductive Care 
Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN ON HOW TO HELP PATIENTS NAVIGATE THE 
              LEGAL LANDSCAPE IN THE UNITED STATES WITH RESPECT TO 
              ABORTION AND OTHER REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE SERVICES.

    Subpart V of part D of title III of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 256a et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 340A-1. PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN ON HOW TO HELP PATIENTS 
              NAVIGATE THE LEGAL LANDSCAPE IN THE UNITED STATES WITH 
              RESPECT TO ABORTION AND OTHER REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE 
              SERVICES.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall develop and implement a 
national public awareness campaign to inform health care professionals 
and health care professional students on how to help patients navigate 
the legal landscape in the United States with respect to abortion and 
other reproductive health care services.
    ``(b) Requirements.--The public awareness campaign under this 
section shall include--
            ``(1) the provision of available resources on how to 
        navigate the legal landscape in the United States following the 
        Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade; and
            ``(2) the dissemination of information on the negative 
        health impacts on communities when access to abortion and other 
        reproductive health care services is restricted or banned.
    ``(c) Coordination.--The public awareness campaign under this 
section shall be complementary to, and coordinated with, any other 
Federal, State, Tribal, and local efforts, as appropriate.
    ``(d) Report to Congress.--Not later than 45 days after the date on 
which funds are made available to the Secretary to carry out this 
section, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on how such 
funds have been used during such 45-day period, including a plan for 
using any remaining funds within the next 45 days.
    ``(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $20,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2024 through 2028.''.
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