Abortion Funding Awareness Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1384 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

<DOC>






119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1384

    To require States to report information on Medicaid payments to 
                          abortion providers.


_______________________________________________________________________


                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 9, 2025

Mr. Banks (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Tuberville, Mr. Young, Mr. 
 Budd, Mr. Daines, and Mr. Risch) introduced the following bill; which 
        was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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 
2025''.

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 State 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) in paragraph (86), by striking ``and'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (2) in paragraph (87)(D), by striking the period 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 
        2025.''.
                                 <all>