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S 1490 IS
112th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1490
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to authorize additional funding for the pregnancy assistance fund.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
August 2, 2011
Mr. CASEY introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
A BILL
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to authorize additional funding for the pregnancy assistance fund.
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. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE PREGNANCY ASSISTANCE FUND.
Section 10214 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18204) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘In addition to amounts authorized to be appropriated in the previous sentence, there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 10210, an additional $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2012 through 2019.’.