Abortion Funding Awareness Act of 2024
This bill establishes reporting requirements for states regarding certain Medicaid payments to abortion providers.
Specifically, the bill requires states that make Medicaid payments using federal funds for any items or services furnished by an abortion provider to annually (1) submit a report to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on all such payments, and (2) publish the report on the state's website. The report must include specified information, including the number of abortions performed by the providers and the gestational age with respect to each such abortion. (Current law restricts the use of federal funds for abortions to cases of rape, incest, or life endangerment of the woman. States may use their own funds to cover abortions in other cases.)
[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7161 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7161
To require States to report information on Medicaid payments to
abortion providers.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 31, 2024
Mr. Banks (for himself, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Mooney, Mr. Womack, Mr.
Burchett, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Moore of Alabama, and Mr. Carl)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Energy and Commerce
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A BILL
To require States to report information on Medicaid payments to
abortion providers.
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 Funding Awareness Act of
2024''.
SEC. 2. REQUIRED REPORTING OF MEDICAID PAYMENTS TO ABORTION PROVIDERS.
(a) In General.--Not later than 60 days after the end of the first
fiscal year ending after the date of enactment of this Act and each
fiscal year thereafter, each State that makes a Medicaid payment from
Federal funds during the fiscal year for any items or services
furnished by an abortion provider shall--
(1) submit to the Secretary a report on all such payments;
and
(2) publish the report on a public internet website of the
State.
(b) Report Described.--The report under subsection (a) shall, with
respect to a State that makes a Medicaid payment from Federal funds
during the fiscal year for any items or services furnished by an
abortion provider, include the following:
(1) With respect to each such payment, each of the
following:
(A) A specification of the amount of the payment.
(B) A specification of the purposes for which the
payment was made.
(C) A comparison of the amount of the payment with
the amount of any such payment to the provider involved
in any prior fiscal year.
(2) A specification of the number of abortions performed
during the fiscal year by the provider involved and the
gestational age with respect to each such abortion.
(3) A specification of the method of abortion used.
(c) Report to Congress.--Not later than 90 days after the end of
each fiscal year described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall
submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of
Representatives and to the Committee on Finance of the Senate, and
publish on a public internet website of the Department of Health and
Human Services, a report that--
(1) contains the reports submitted pursuant to subsection
(a) for the fiscal year; and
(2) includes a summary of the reports.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Abortion.--The term ``abortion'' means the use or
prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug, or any other
substance or device--
(A) to intentionally kill the unborn child of a
woman known to be pregnant; or
(B) to intentionally terminate the pregnancy of a
woman known to be pregnant, with an intention other
than--
(i) after viability, to produce a live
birth and preserve the life and health of the
child born alive; or
(ii) to remove a dead unborn child.
(2) Abortion provider.--The term ``abortion provider''
means an entity that--
(A) performs (or refers an individual for) an
abortion; or
(B) controls, is controlled by, or is under common
control with, an entity described in subparagraph (A).
(3) Medicaid payment from federal funds.--The term
``Medicaid payment from Federal funds'' means a payment for
which there is Federal financial participation under title XIX
of the Social Security Act.
(4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Health and Human Services.
(5) State.--The term ``State'' has the meaning given the
term for purposes of title XIX of the Social Security Act.
(e) Conforming Amendments to Social Security Act.--Section 1902(a)
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (86);
(2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (87) and
inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (87) the following:
``(88) provide for the submission of reports in accordance
with section 2 of the Abortion Funding Awareness Act of
2024.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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