Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress House Bill HB2779 Compare Versions

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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 2779
5	5	To require States to report information on Medicaid payments to abortion
6	6	providers.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	APRIL9, 2025
9	9	Mrs. H
10	10	OUCHINintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the
11	11	Committee on Energy and Commerce
12	12	A BILL
13	13	To require States to report information on Medicaid
14	14	payments to abortion providers.
15	15	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
16	16	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
17	17	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
18	18	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Abortion Funding 4
19	19	Awareness Act of 2025’’. 5
20	20	SEC. 2. REQUIRED REPORTING OF MEDICAID PAYMENTS 6
21	21	TO ABORTION PROVIDERS. 7
22	22	(a) I
23	23	NGENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 8
24	24	end of the first fiscal year ending after the date of enact-9
25	25	ment of this Act and each fiscal year thereafter, each 10
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29	29	State that makes a Medicaid payment from Federal funds 1
30	30	during the fiscal year for any items or services furnished 2
31	31	by an abortion provider shall— 3
32	32	(1) submit to the Secretary a report on all such 4
33	33	payments; and 5
34	34	(2) publish the report on a public internet 6
35	35	website of the State. 7
36	36	(b) R
37	37	EPORTDESCRIBED.—The report under sub-8
38	38	section (a) shall, with respect to a State that makes a 9
39	39	Medicaid payment from Federal funds during the fiscal 10
40	40	year for any items or services furnished by an abortion 11
41	41	provider, include the following: 12
42	42	(1) With respect to each such payment, each of 13
43	43	the following: 14
44	44	(A) A specification of the amount of the 15
45	45	payment. 16
46	46	(B) A specification of the purposes for 17
47	47	which the payment was made. 18
48	48	(C) A comparison of the amount of the 19
49	49	payment with the amount of any such payment 20
50	50	to the provider involved in any prior fiscal year. 21
51	51	(2) A specification of the number of abortions 22
52	52	performed during the fiscal year by the provider in-23
53	53	volved and the gestational age with respect to each 24
54	54	such abortion. 25
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58	58	(3) A specification of the method of abortion 1
59	59	used. 2
60	60	(c) R
61	61	EPORT TOCONGRESS.—Not later than 90 days 3
62	62	after the end of each fiscal year described in subsection 4
63	63	(a), the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on En-5
64	64	ergy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and 6
65	65	to the Committee on Finance of the Senate, and publish 7
66	66	on a public internet website of the Department of Health 8
67	67	and Human Services, a report that— 9
68	68	(1) contains the reports submitted pursuant to 10
69	69	subsection (a) for the fiscal year; and 11
70	70	(2) includes a summary of the reports. 12
71	71	(d) D
72	72	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 13
73	73	(1) A
74	74	BORTION.—The term ‘‘abortion’’ means 14
75	75	the use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, 15
76	76	drug, or any other substance or device— 16
77	77	(A) to intentionally kill the unborn child of 17
78	78	a woman known to be pregnant; or 18
79	79	(B) to intentionally terminate the preg-19
80	80	nancy of a woman known to be pregnant, with 20
81	81	an intention other than— 21
82	82	(i) after viability, to produce a live 22
83	83	birth and preserve the life and health of 23
84	84	the child born alive; or 24
85	85	(ii) to remove a dead unborn child. 25
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89	89	(2) ABORTION PROVIDER.—The term ‘‘abortion 1
90	90	provider’’ means an entity that— 2
91	91	(A) performs (or refers an individual for) 3
92	92	an abortion; or 4
93	93	(B) controls, is controlled by, or is under 5
94	94	common control with, an entity described in 6
95	95	subparagraph (A). 7
96	96	(3) M
97	97	EDICAID PAYMENT FROM FEDERAL 8
98	98	FUNDS.—The term ‘‘Medicaid payment from Fed-9
99	99	eral funds’’ means a payment for which there is 10
100	100	Federal financial participation under title XIX of 11
101	101	the Social Security Act. 12
102	102	(4) S
103	103	ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 13
104	104	the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 14
105	105	(5) S
106	106	TATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean-15
107	107	ing given the term for purposes of title XIX of the 16
108	108	Social Security Act. 17
109	109	(e) C
110	110	ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS TO SOCIALSECU-18
111	111	RITYACT.—Section 1902(a) of the Social Security Act 19
112	112	(42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)) is amended— 20
113	113	(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 21
114	114	(86); 22
115	115	(2) by striking the period at the end of para-23
116	116	graph (87) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 24
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120	120	(3) by inserting after paragraph (87) the fol-1
121	121	lowing: 2
122	122	‘‘(88) provide for the submission of reports in 3
123	123	accordance with section 2 of the Abortion Funding 4
124	124	Awareness Act of 2025.’’. 5
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