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I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1224 To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a national public awareness campaign to inform health care professionals and health care professional students on how to help patients navigate the legal landscape in the United States with respect to abortion and other reproductive health care services following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 27, 2023 Mrs. TRAHAN (for herself, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Ms. NORTON, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. EVANS, Ms. TITUS, Ms. KUSTER, and Ms. TOKUDA) introduced the fol- lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Com- merce A BILL To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a national public awareness campaign to inform health care professionals and health care professional students on how to help patients navigate the legal landscape in the United States with respect to abortion and other reproductive health care services following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, and for other purposes.
1 2 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, B O J _ $ $ h t i w D O R P 2 X 7 W V L J K S D n o s n n b p i SECTION 1.

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2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Informing New Fac- tors and Options for Reproductive Care Act of 2023’’ or the ‘‘INFO for Reproductive Care Act of 2023’’.

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PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN ON HOW TO HELP PATIENTS NAVIGATE THE LEGAL LANDSCAPE IN THE UNITED STATES WITH RESPECT TO ABORTION AND OTHER REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE SERVICES.

Subpart V of part D of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.

256a et seq.)

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PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN ON HOW TO HELP PATIENTS NAVIGATE THE LEGAL LAND- SCAPE IN THE UNITED STATES WITH RE- SPECT TO ABORTION AND OTHER REPRO- DUCTIVE HEALTH CARE SERVICES.

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall develop and implement a national public awareness campaign to in- form health care professionals and health care professional students on how to help patients navigate the legal land- scape in the United States with respect to abortion and other reproductive health care services.
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The public awareness cam- paign under this section shall include— •HR 1224 IH B O J _ $ $ h t i w D O R P 2 X 7 W V L J K S D n o s n n b p i 3 ‘‘(1) the provision of available resources on how to navigate the legal landscape in the United States following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade; and ‘‘(2) the dissemination of information on the negative health impacts on communities when access to abortion and other reproductive health care serv- ices is restricted or banned.
‘‘(c) COORDINATION.—The public awareness cam- paign under this section shall be complementary to, and coordinated with, any other Federal, State, Tribal, and local efforts, as appropriate.
‘‘(d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 45 days after the date on which funds are made available to the Secretary to carry out this section, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on how such funds have been used during such 45-day period, including a plan for using any remaining funds within the next 45 days.

‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028.’’.
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