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S 96 IS
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 96
To prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in governmental activities.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 6, 2009
Mr. VITTER introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
A BILL
To prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in governmental activities.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
SEC. 2. ABORTION NON-DISCRIMINATION.
Section 245 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 238n) is amended--
(1) in the section heading by striking ‘and licensing of physicians’ and inserting ‘, licensing, and practice of physicians and other health care entities’;
(2) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘to perform such abortions’ and inserting ‘to perform, provide coverage of, or pay for induced abortions’; and
(3) in subsection (c)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘includes’ and inserting ‘means’; and
(B) in paragraph (2)--
(i) by inserting ‘or other health professional,’ after ‘an individual physician’;
(ii) by striking ‘and a participant’ and inserting ‘a participant’; and
(iii) by inserting before the period the following: ‘, a hospital, a provider sponsored organization, a health maintenance organization, a health insurance plan, or any other kind of health care facility, organization or plan’.
U.S. Congress - Text of S.96 as Introduced in Senate Abortion Non-Discrimination Act of 2009
