Expanding Knowledge on Military Reproductive Healthcare Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9741 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9741

  To direct the Secretary of Defense to ensure that beneficiaries and 
      health care providers receive certain information regarding 
          reproductive health care under the TRICARE program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 20, 2024

Ms. Sherrill (for herself, Mrs. Ramirez, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Mr. 
   Khanna, Mr. Torres of New York, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Ms. 
Jacobs, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Escobar, Ms. Lee of California, 
 Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Ms. Brownley, Ms. 
 Slotkin, Mr. Allred, Ms. Ross, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Kuster, Ms. McClellan, 
   Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Gottheimer, Ms. Norton, Ms. 
Strickland, Mr. Amo, Mr. Trone, Mr. Moulton, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Quigley, 
 and Ms. Chu) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Secretary of Defense to ensure that beneficiaries and 
      health care providers receive certain information regarding 
          reproductive health care under the TRICARE program.

    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 ``Expanding Knowledge on Military 
Reproductive Healthcare Act''.

SEC. 2. PROVISION OF INFORMATION REGARDING ACCESS TO REPRODUCTIVE 
              HEALTH CARE TO A TRICARE BENEFICIARY.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall provide, to a 
beneficiary under the TRICARE program (including a member of the 
uniformed services), information on the following:
            (1) The reproductive health care, including abortion care, 
        that they are entitled to receive under the military health 
        system.
            (2) The circumstances under which they can receive such 
        care at a military treatment facility.
            (3) How to request leave and travel benefits for travel to 
        another State to receive non-covered reproductive health care.
            (4) How to find a non-Department provider of reproductive 
        health care not available to the beneficiary under the military 
        health system.
    (b) Schedule.--The Secretary shall provide information described in 
subsection (a)--
            (1) at least once per year; and
            (2) not later than 14 days after a permanent change of 
        station or a temporary change in station.
    (c) Methods.--The Secretary may provide information under this 
section through an in-person consultation or a written notice. Such a 
written notice may be provided electronically.
    (d) Public Posting.--The Secretary shall ensure that a written 
notice under subsection (c) is posted, and copies thereof are available 
for collection, in publicly accessible areas of each military medical 
treatment facility.

SEC. 3. TRAINING FOR MILITARY TREATMENT FACILITY PROVIDERS ON 
              REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE OBLIGATIONS.

    Each health care provider working at a military treatment facility 
shall receive training, on an annual basis and in the event of any 
permanent change in duty station, on the following:
            (1) The obligation of each such provider to provide covered 
        reproductive health care and counseling, including abortion, 
        contraceptive, and fertility care, and such provider's ability 
        to provide that care and counseling at military treatment 
        facilities notwithstanding the laws and regulations of the 
        State in which the facility is located.
            (2) The rights and the protections afforded to such 
        providers as providers at military treatment facilities with 
        regard to covered reproductive health care, notwithstanding 
        laws and regulations of the State in which the treatment 
        facility is located.
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