(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), by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:
‘(1) the entity refuses--
‘(A) to undergo training in the performance of induced abortions;
‘(B) to require or provide such training;
‘(C) to perform, participate in, provide coverage of, or pay for induced abortions; or
‘(D) to provide referrals for such training or such abortions;’;
(3) in subsection (b), by striking ‘an accreditation standards that requires’ and inserting ‘an accreditation standard that requires’;
(4) in subsection (c), by amending paragraphs (1) and (2) to read as follows:
‘(1) The term ‘financial assistance’, with respect to a government program, means governmental payments to cover the cost of health care services or benefits, or other Federal payments, grants, or loans to promote or otherwise facilitate health-related activities.
‘(2) The term ‘health care entity’ includes an individual physician or other health professional, a postgraduate physician training program, a participant in a program of training in the health professions, a hospital, a provider sponsored organization, a health maintenance organization, an accountable care organization, a health insurance plan, or any other kind of health care facility, organization, or plan.’;
(5) in subsection (c), by adding a new paragraph (4) as follows:
‘(4) The term ‘State or local government that receives Federal financial assistance’ includes any agency or other governmental unit of a State or local government that receives Federal financial assistance.’.
(6) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (e); and
(7) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
‘(c) Remedies-
‘(1) IN GENERAL- The courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction to prevent and redress actual or threatened violations of this section by issuing any form of legal or equitable relief, including--
‘(A) injunctions prohibiting conduct that violates this section; and
‘(B) orders preventing the disbursement of all or a portion of Federal financial assistance to a State or local government, or to a specific offending agency or program of a State or local government, until such time as the conduct prohibited by this section has ceased.
‘(2) COMMENCEMENT OF ACTION- An action under this section may be instituted by--
‘(A) any health care entity that has standing to complain of an actual or threatened violation of this section; or
‘(B) the Attorney General of the United States.
‘(d) Administration- The Secretary shall designate the Director of the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services--
‘(1) to receive complaints alleging a violation of this section; and
‘(2) to pursue the investigation of such complaints, in coordination with the Attorney General.’.
U.S. Congress - Text of S.165 as Introduced in Senate Abortion Non-Discrimination Act of 2011
