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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 7 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To prohibit taxpayer funded abortions. |
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| 6 | 6 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 7 | 7 | | JANUARY22, 2025 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Mr. S |
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| 9 | 9 | | MITHof New Jersey (for himself, Mrs. HARSHBARGER, Ms. FOXX, Mrs. |
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| 11 | 11 | | INSON, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. BALDERSON, Mr. BEANof Florida, Mr. |
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| 13 | 13 | | ERGMAN, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. BOST, Mr. BRECHEEN, Mr. CARTERof |
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| 14 | 14 | | Texas, Mr. C |
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| 15 | 15 | | ISCOMANI, Mr. CLOUD, Mr. CLYDE, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. |
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| 17 | 17 | | IAZ-BALART, Mr. ELLZEY, Mr. FALLON, Mr. FEENSTRA, Mr. FITZ- |
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| 18 | 18 | | GERALD, Mr. FLOOD, Mr. FONG, Mr. FULCHER, Mr. GREENof Ten- |
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| 19 | 19 | | nessee, Mr. G |
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| 20 | 20 | | ROTHMAN, Mr. GUEST, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. HARIDOPOLOS, |
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| 21 | 21 | | Mr. H |
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| 22 | 22 | | ARRISof Maryland, Mr. HIGGINSof Louisiana, Mr. HILLof Arkan- |
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| 23 | 23 | | sas, Mr. H |
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| 24 | 24 | | UDSON, Mr. JACKSONof Texas, Mr. JOHNSONof South Da- |
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| 25 | 25 | | kota, Mr. J |
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| 26 | 26 | | OYCEof Pennsylvania, Mr. KELLYof Pennsylvania, Mr. |
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| 27 | 27 | | K |
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| 28 | 28 | | ELLYof Mississippi, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. LATTA, Ms. |
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| 30 | 30 | | EEof Florida, Mr. LOUDERMILK, Mr. MANN, Mr. MCCORMICK, Mrs. |
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| 31 | 31 | | M |
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| 32 | 32 | | ILLERof Illinois, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. MORAN, Mr. OGLES, Mr. |
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| 34 | 34 | | OUZER, Mr. SHREVE, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. STRONG, Mr. THOMPSONof |
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| 35 | 35 | | Pennsylvania, Ms. V |
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| 36 | 36 | | ANDUYNE, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. WEBERof Texas, |
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| 37 | 37 | | Mr. W |
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| 38 | 38 | | EBSTERof Florida, Mr. WOMACK, Mr. SCOTTFRANKLINof Flor- |
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| 39 | 39 | | ida, Mr. G |
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| 40 | 40 | | RIFFITH, Mr. TURNERof Ohio, Mr. FRY, Mr. EZELL, and Mr. |
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| 42 | 42 | | IMMONS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- |
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| 43 | 43 | | mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on |
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| 44 | 44 | | the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently de- |
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| 45 | 45 | | termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions |
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| 46 | 46 | | as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned |
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| 47 | 47 | | A BILL |
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| 48 | 48 | | To prohibit taxpayer funded abortions. |
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| 49 | 49 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 50 | 50 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 54 | 54 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 1 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (a) S |
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| 56 | 56 | | HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 2 |
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| 57 | 57 | | ‘‘No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insur-3 |
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| 58 | 58 | | ance Full Disclosure Act of 2025’’. 4 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (b) T |
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| 60 | 60 | | ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents of 5 |
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| 61 | 61 | | this Act is as follows: 6 |
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| 62 | 62 | | Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. |
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| 63 | 63 | | TITLE I—PROHIBITING FEDERALLY FUNDED ABORTIONS |
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| 64 | 64 | | Sec. 101. Prohibiting taxpayer funded abortions. |
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| 65 | 65 | | Sec. 102. Amendment to table of chapters. |
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| 66 | 66 | | TITLE II—APPLICATION UNDER THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT |
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| 67 | 67 | | Sec. 201. Clarifying application of prohibition to premium credits and cost- |
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| 68 | 68 | | sharing reductions under ACA. |
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| 69 | 69 | | Sec. 202. Revision of notice requirements regarding disclosure of extent of |
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| 70 | 70 | | health plan coverage of abortion and abortion premium sur- |
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| 71 | 71 | | charges. |
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| 72 | 72 | | TITLE I—PROHIBITING FEDER-7 |
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| 73 | 73 | | ALLY FUNDED ABORTIONS 8 |
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| 74 | 74 | | SEC. 101. PROHIBITING TAXPAYER FUNDED ABORTIONS. 9 |
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| 75 | 75 | | Title 1, United States Code, is amended by adding 10 |
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| 76 | 76 | | at the end the following new chapter: 11 |
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| 77 | 77 | | ‘‘CHAPTER 4—PROHIBITING TAXPAYER 12 |
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| 78 | 78 | | FUNDED ABORTIONS 13 |
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| 79 | 79 | | ‘‘301. Prohibition on funding for abortions. |
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| 80 | 80 | | ‘‘302. Prohibition on funding for health benefits plans that cover abortion. |
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| 81 | 81 | | ‘‘303. Limitation on Federal facilities and employees. |
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| 82 | 82 | | ‘‘304. Construction relating to separate coverage. |
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| 83 | 83 | | ‘‘305. Construction relating to the use of non-Federal funds for health coverage. |
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| 84 | 84 | | ‘‘306. Non-preemption of other Federal laws. |
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| 85 | 85 | | ‘‘307. Construction relating to complications arising from abortion. |
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| 86 | 86 | | ‘‘308. Treatment of abortions related to rape, incest, or preserving the life of |
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| 87 | 87 | | the mother. |
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| 88 | 88 | | ‘‘309. Application to District of Columbia. |
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| 92 | 92 | | ‘‘§ 301. Prohibition on funding for abortions 1 |
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| 93 | 93 | | ‘‘No funds authorized or appropriated by Federal 2 |
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| 94 | 94 | | law, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which 3 |
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| 95 | 95 | | funds are authorized or appropriated by Federal law, shall 4 |
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| 96 | 96 | | be expended for any abortion. 5 |
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| 97 | 97 | | ‘‘§ 302. Prohibition on funding for health benefits 6 |
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| 98 | 98 | | plans that cover abortion 7 |
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| 99 | 99 | | ‘‘None of the funds authorized or appropriated by 8 |
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| 100 | 100 | | Federal law, and none of the funds in any trust fund to 9 |
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| 101 | 101 | | which funds are authorized or appropriated by Federal 10 |
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| 102 | 102 | | law, shall be expended for health benefits coverage that 11 |
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| 103 | 103 | | includes coverage of abortion. 12 |
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| 104 | 104 | | ‘‘§ 303. Limitation on Federal facilities and employees 13 |
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| 105 | 105 | | ‘‘No health care service furnished— 14 |
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| 106 | 106 | | ‘‘(1) by or in a health care facility owned or op-15 |
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| 107 | 107 | | erated by the Federal Government; or 16 |
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| 108 | 108 | | ‘‘(2) by any physician or other individual em-17 |
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| 109 | 109 | | ployed by the Federal Government to provide health 18 |
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| 110 | 110 | | care services within the scope of the physician’s or 19 |
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| 111 | 111 | | individual’s employment, 20 |
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| 112 | 112 | | may include abortion. 21 |
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| 113 | 113 | | ‘‘§ 304. Construction relating to separate coverage 22 |
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| 114 | 114 | | ‘‘Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as pro-23 |
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| 115 | 115 | | hibiting any individual, entity, or State or locality from 24 |
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| 116 | 116 | | purchasing separate abortion coverage or health benefits 25 |
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| 117 | 117 | | coverage that includes abortion so long as such coverage 26 |
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| 121 | 121 | | is paid for entirely using only funds not authorized or ap-1 |
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| 122 | 122 | | propriated by Federal law and such coverage shall not be 2 |
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| 123 | 123 | | purchased using matching funds required for a federally 3 |
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| 124 | 124 | | subsidized program, including a State’s or locality’s con-4 |
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| 125 | 125 | | tribution of Medicaid matching funds. 5 |
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| 126 | 126 | | ‘‘§ 305. Construction relating to the use of non-Fed-6 |
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| 127 | 127 | | eral funds for health coverage 7 |
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| 128 | 128 | | ‘‘Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as re-8 |
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| 129 | 129 | | stricting the ability of any non-Federal health benefits cov-9 |
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| 130 | 130 | | erage provider from offering abortion coverage, or the abil-10 |
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| 131 | 131 | | ity of a State or locality to contract separately with such 11 |
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| 132 | 132 | | a provider for such coverage, so long as only funds not 12 |
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| 133 | 133 | | authorized or appropriated by Federal law are used and 13 |
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| 134 | 134 | | such coverage shall not be purchased using matching 14 |
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| 135 | 135 | | funds required for a federally subsidized program, includ-15 |
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| 136 | 136 | | ing a State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid match-16 |
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| 137 | 137 | | ing funds. 17 |
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| 138 | 138 | | ‘‘§ 306. Non-preemption of other Federal laws 18 |
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| 139 | 139 | | ‘‘Nothing in this chapter shall repeal, amend, or have 19 |
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| 140 | 140 | | any effect on any other Federal law to the extent such 20 |
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| 141 | 141 | | law imposes any limitation on the use of funds for abortion 21 |
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| 142 | 142 | | or for health benefits coverage that includes coverage of 22 |
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| 143 | 143 | | abortion, beyond the limitations set forth in this chapter. 23 |
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| 147 | 147 | | ‘‘§ 307. Construction relating to complications arising 1 |
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| 148 | 148 | | from abortion 2 |
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| 149 | 149 | | ‘‘Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to apply 3 |
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| 150 | 150 | | to the treatment of any infection, injury, disease, or dis-4 |
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| 151 | 151 | | order that has been caused by or exacerbated by the per-5 |
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| 152 | 152 | | formance of an abortion. This rule of construction shall 6 |
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| 153 | 153 | | be applicable without regard to whether the abortion was 7 |
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| 154 | 154 | | performed in accord with Federal or State law, and with-8 |
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| 155 | 155 | | out regard to whether funding for the abortion is permis-9 |
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| 156 | 156 | | sible under section 308. 10 |
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| 157 | 157 | | ‘‘§ 308. Treatment of abortions related to rape, incest, 11 |
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| 158 | 158 | | or preserving the life of the mother 12 |
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| 159 | 159 | | ‘‘The limitations established in sections 301, 302, 13 |
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| 160 | 160 | | and 303 shall not apply to an abortion— 14 |
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| 161 | 161 | | ‘‘(1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of 15 |
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| 162 | 162 | | rape or incest; or 16 |
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| 163 | 163 | | ‘‘(2) in the case where a woman suffers from a 17 |
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| 164 | 164 | | physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness 18 |
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| 165 | 165 | | that would, as certified by a physician, place the 19 |
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| 166 | 166 | | woman in danger of death unless an abortion is per-20 |
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| 167 | 167 | | formed, including a life-endangering physical condi-21 |
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| 168 | 168 | | tion caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself. 22 |
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| 169 | 169 | | ‘‘§ 309. Application to District of Columbia 23 |
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| 170 | 170 | | ‘‘In this chapter: 24 |
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| 171 | 171 | | ‘‘(1) Any reference to funds appropriated by 25 |
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| 172 | 172 | | Federal law shall be treated as including any 26 |
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| 176 | 176 | | amounts within the budget of the District of Colum-1 |
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| 177 | 177 | | bia that have been approved by an Act of Congress 2 |
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| 178 | 178 | | pursuant to section 446 of the District of Columbia 3 |
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| 179 | 179 | | Home Rule Act (or any applicable successor Federal 4 |
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| 180 | 180 | | law). 5 |
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| 181 | 181 | | ‘‘(2) The term ‘Federal Government’ includes 6 |
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| 182 | 182 | | the Government of the District of Columbia.’’. 7 |
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| 183 | 183 | | SEC. 102. AMENDMENT TO TABLE OF CHAPTERS. 8 |
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| 184 | 184 | | The table of chapters for title 1, United States Code, 9 |
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| 185 | 185 | | is amended by adding at the end the following new item: 10 |
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| 186 | 186 | | ‘‘4. Prohibiting taxpayer funded abortions............................301’’. |
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| 187 | 187 | | TITLE II—APPLICATION UNDER 11 |
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| 188 | 188 | | THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT 12 |
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| 189 | 189 | | SEC. 201. CLARIFYING APPLICATION OF PROHIBITION TO 13 |
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| 190 | 190 | | PREMIUM CREDITS AND COST-SHARING RE-14 |
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| 191 | 191 | | DUCTIONS UNDER ACA. 15 |
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| 192 | 192 | | (a) I |
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| 193 | 193 | | NGENERAL.— 16 |
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| 194 | 194 | | (1) D |
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| 195 | 195 | | ISALLOWANCE OF REFUNDABLE CREDIT 17 |
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| 196 | 196 | | AND COST-SHARING REDUCTIONS FOR COVERAGE 18 |
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| 197 | 197 | | UNDER QUALIFIED HEALTH PLAN WHICH PROVIDES 19 |
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| 198 | 198 | | COVERAGE FOR ABORTION .— 20 |
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| 199 | 199 | | (A) I |
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| 200 | 200 | | N GENERAL.—Subparagraph (A) of 21 |
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| 201 | 201 | | section 36B(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code 22 |
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| 202 | 202 | | of 1986 is amended by inserting before the pe-23 |
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| 203 | 203 | | riod at the end the following: ‘‘or any health 24 |
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| 204 | 204 | | plan that includes coverage for abortions (other 25 |
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| 208 | 208 | | than any abortion or treatment described in 1 |
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| 209 | 209 | | section 307 or 308 of title 1, United States 2 |
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| 210 | 210 | | Code)’’. 3 |
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| 211 | 211 | | (B) O |
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| 212 | 212 | | PTION TO PURCHASE OR OFFER SEP -4 |
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| 213 | 213 | | ARATE COVERAGE OR PLAN .—Paragraph (3) of 5 |
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| 214 | 214 | | section 36B(c) of such Code is amended by 6 |
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| 215 | 215 | | adding at the end the following new subpara-7 |
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| 216 | 216 | | graph: 8 |
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| 217 | 217 | | ‘‘(C) S |
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| 218 | 218 | | EPARATE ABORTION COVERAGE OR 9 |
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| 219 | 219 | | PLAN ALLOWED.— 10 |
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| 220 | 220 | | ‘‘(i) O |
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| 221 | 221 | | PTION TO PURCHASE SEPARATE 11 |
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| 222 | 222 | | COVERAGE OR PLAN.—Nothing in subpara-12 |
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| 223 | 223 | | graph (A) shall be construed as prohibiting 13 |
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| 224 | 224 | | any individual from purchasing separate 14 |
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| 225 | 225 | | coverage for abortions described in such 15 |
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| 226 | 226 | | subparagraph, or a health plan that in-16 |
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| 227 | 227 | | cludes such abortions, so long as no credit 17 |
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| 228 | 228 | | is allowed under this section with respect 18 |
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| 229 | 229 | | to the premiums for such coverage or plan. 19 |
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| 230 | 230 | | ‘‘(ii) O |
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| 231 | 231 | | PTION TO OFFER COVERAGE OR 20 |
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| 232 | 232 | | PLAN.—Nothing in subparagraph (A) shall 21 |
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| 233 | 233 | | restrict any non-Federal health insurance 22 |
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| 234 | 234 | | issuer offering a health plan from offering 23 |
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| 235 | 235 | | separate coverage for abortions described 24 |
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| 236 | 236 | | in such subparagraph, or a plan that in-25 |
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| 240 | 240 | | cludes such abortions, so long as premiums 1 |
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| 241 | 241 | | for such separate coverage or plan are not 2 |
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| 242 | 242 | | paid for with any amount attributable to 3 |
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| 243 | 243 | | the credit allowed under this section (or 4 |
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| 244 | 244 | | the amount of any advance payment of the 5 |
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| 245 | 245 | | credit under section 1412 of the Patient 6 |
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| 246 | 246 | | Protection and Affordable Care Act).’’. 7 |
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| 247 | 247 | | (2) D |
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| 248 | 248 | | ISALLOWANCE OF SMALL EMPLOYER 8 |
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| 249 | 249 | | HEALTH INSURANCE EXPENSE CREDIT FOR PLAN 9 |
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| 250 | 250 | | WHICH INCLUDES COVERAGE FOR ABORTION .—Sub-10 |
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| 251 | 251 | | section (h) of section 45R of the Internal Revenue 11 |
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| 252 | 252 | | Code of 1986 is amended— 12 |
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| 253 | 253 | | (A) by striking ‘‘Any term’’ and inserting 13 |
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| 254 | 254 | | the following: 14 |
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| 255 | 255 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 256 | 256 | | N GENERAL.—Any term’’; and 15 |
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| 257 | 257 | | (B) by adding at the end the following new 16 |
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| 258 | 258 | | paragraph: 17 |
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| 259 | 259 | | ‘‘(2) E |
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| 260 | 260 | | XCLUSION OF HEALTH PLANS INCLUDING 18 |
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| 261 | 261 | | COVERAGE FOR ABORTION .— 19 |
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| 262 | 262 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 263 | 263 | | N GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified 20 |
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| 264 | 264 | | health plan’ does not include any health plan 21 |
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| 265 | 265 | | that includes coverage for abortions (other than 22 |
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| 266 | 266 | | any abortion or treatment described in section 23 |
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| 267 | 267 | | 307 or 308 of title 1, United States Code). 24 |
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| 271 | 271 | | ‘‘(B) SEPARATE ABORTION COVERAGE OR 1 |
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| 272 | 272 | | PLAN ALLOWED.— 2 |
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| 273 | 273 | | ‘‘(i) O |
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| 274 | 274 | | PTION TO PURCHASE SEPARATE 3 |
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| 275 | 275 | | COVERAGE OR PLAN.—Nothing in subpara-4 |
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| 276 | 276 | | graph (A) shall be construed as prohibiting 5 |
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| 277 | 277 | | any employer from purchasing for its em-6 |
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| 278 | 278 | | ployees separate coverage for abortions de-7 |
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| 279 | 279 | | scribed in such subparagraph, or a health 8 |
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| 280 | 280 | | plan that includes such abortions, so long 9 |
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| 281 | 281 | | as no credit is allowed under this section 10 |
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| 282 | 282 | | with respect to the employer contributions 11 |
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| 283 | 283 | | for such coverage or plan. 12 |
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| 284 | 284 | | ‘‘(ii) O |
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| 285 | 285 | | PTION TO OFFER COVERAGE OR 13 |
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| 286 | 286 | | PLAN.—Nothing in subparagraph (A) shall 14 |
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| 287 | 287 | | restrict any non-Federal health insurance 15 |
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| 288 | 288 | | issuer offering a health plan from offering 16 |
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| 289 | 289 | | separate coverage for abortions described 17 |
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| 290 | 290 | | in such subparagraph, or a plan that in-18 |
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| 291 | 291 | | cludes such abortions, so long as such sep-19 |
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| 292 | 292 | | arate coverage or plan is not paid for with 20 |
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| 293 | 293 | | any employer contribution eligible for the 21 |
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| 294 | 294 | | credit allowed under this section.’’. 22 |
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| 295 | 295 | | (3) C |
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| 296 | 296 | | ONFORMING ACA AMENDMENTS .—Section 23 |
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| 297 | 297 | | 1303(b) of Public Law 111–148 (42 U.S.C. 24 |
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| 298 | 298 | | 18023(b)) is amended— 25 |
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| 302 | 302 | | (A) by striking paragraph (2); 1 |
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| 303 | 303 | | (B) by striking paragraph (3), as amended 2 |
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| 304 | 304 | | by section 202(a); and 3 |
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| 305 | 305 | | (C) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 4 |
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| 306 | 306 | | paragraph (2). 5 |
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| 307 | 307 | | (b) A |
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| 308 | 308 | | PPLICATION TOMULTI-STATEPLANS.—Para-6 |
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| 309 | 309 | | graph (6) of section 1334(a) of Public Law 111–148 (42 7 |
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| 310 | 310 | | U.S.C. 18054(a)) is amended to read as follows: 8 |
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| 311 | 311 | | ‘‘(6) C |
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| 312 | 312 | | OVERAGE CONSISTENT WITH FEDERAL 9 |
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| 313 | 313 | | ABORTION POLICY .—In entering into contracts 10 |
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| 314 | 314 | | under this subsection, the Director shall ensure that 11 |
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| 315 | 315 | | no multi-State qualified health plan offered in an 12 |
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| 316 | 316 | | Exchange provides health benefits coverage for 13 |
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| 317 | 317 | | which the expenditure of Federal funds is prohibited 14 |
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| 318 | 318 | | under chapter 4 of title 1, United States Code.’’. 15 |
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| 319 | 319 | | (c) E |
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| 320 | 320 | | FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 16 |
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| 321 | 321 | | subsection (a) shall apply to taxable years ending after 17 |
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| 322 | 322 | | December 31, 2025, but only with respect to plan years 18 |
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| 323 | 323 | | beginning after such date, and the amendment made by 19 |
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| 324 | 324 | | subsection (b) shall apply to plan years beginning after 20 |
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| 325 | 325 | | such date. 21 |
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| 329 | 329 | | SEC. 202. REVISION OF NOTICE REQUIREMENTS REGARD-1 |
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| 330 | 330 | | ING DISCLOSURE OF EXTENT OF HEALTH 2 |
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| 331 | 331 | | PLAN COVERAGE OF ABORTION AND ABOR-3 |
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| 332 | 332 | | TION PREMIUM SURCHARGES. 4 |
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| 333 | 333 | | (a) I |
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| 334 | 334 | | NGENERAL.—Paragraph (3) of section 1303(b) 5 |
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| 335 | 335 | | of Public Law 111–148 (42 U.S.C. 18023(b)) is amended 6 |
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| 336 | 336 | | to read as follows: 7 |
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| 337 | 337 | | ‘‘(3) R |
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| 338 | 338 | | ULES RELATING TO NOTICE .— 8 |
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| 339 | 339 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 340 | 340 | | N GENERAL.—The extent of cov-9 |
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| 341 | 341 | | erage (if any) of services described in para-10 |
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| 342 | 342 | | graph (1)(B)(i) or (1)(B)(ii) by a qualified 11 |
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| 343 | 343 | | health plan shall be disclosed to enrollees at the 12 |
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| 344 | 344 | | time of enrollment in the plan and shall be 13 |
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| 345 | 345 | | prominently displayed in any marketing or ad-14 |
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| 346 | 346 | | vertising materials, comparison tools, or sum-15 |
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| 347 | 347 | | mary of benefits and coverage explanation made 16 |
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| 348 | 348 | | available with respect to such plan by the issuer 17 |
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| 349 | 349 | | of the plan, by an Exchange, or by the Sec-18 |
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| 350 | 350 | | retary, including information made available 19 |
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| 351 | 351 | | through an Internet portal or Exchange under 20 |
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| 352 | 352 | | sections 1311(c)(5) and 1311(d)(4)(C). 21 |
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| 353 | 353 | | ‘‘(B) S |
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| 354 | 354 | | EPARATE DISCLOSURE OF ABOR -22 |
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| 355 | 355 | | TION SURCHARGES.—In the case of a qualified 23 |
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| 356 | 356 | | health plan that includes the services described 24 |
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| 357 | 357 | | in paragraph (1)(B)(i) and where the premium 25 |
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| 358 | 358 | | for the plan is disclosed, including in any mar-26 |
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| 362 | 362 | | keting or advertising materials or any other in-1 |
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| 363 | 363 | | formation referred to in subparagraph (A), the 2 |
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| 364 | 364 | | surcharge described in paragraph (2)(B)(i)(II) 3 |
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| 365 | 365 | | that is attributable to such services shall also be 4 |
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| 366 | 366 | | disclosed and identified separately.’’. 5 |
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| 367 | 367 | | (b) E |
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| 368 | 368 | | FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendment made by 6 |
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| 369 | 369 | | subsection (a) shall apply to materials, tools, or other in-7 |
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| 370 | 370 | | formation made available more than 30 days after the date 8 |
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| 371 | 371 | | of the enactment of this Act. 9 |
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