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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 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

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 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Informing New Fac3 tors and Options for Reproductive Care Act of 2023’’ or 

4 the ‘‘INFO for Reproductive Care Act of 2023’’. 

5 SEC. 2. PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN ON HOW TO HELP 

6 PATIENTS NAVIGATE THE LEGAL LANDSCAPE 

7 IN THE UNITED STATES WITH RESPECT TO 

8 ABORTION AND OTHER REPRODUCTIVE 

9 HEALTH CARE SERVICES. 

10 Subpart V of part D of title III of the Public Health 

11 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256a et seq.) is amended by adding 

12 at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘SEC. 340A–1. PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN ON HOW TO 

14 HELP PATIENTS NAVIGATE THE LEGAL LAND15 SCAPE IN THE UNITED STATES WITH RE16 SPECT TO ABORTION AND OTHER REPRO17 DUCTIVE HEALTH CARE SERVICES. 

18 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall develop and 

19 implement a national public awareness campaign to in20 form health care professionals and health care professional 

21 students on how to help patients navigate the legal land22 scape in the United States with respect to abortion and 

23 other reproductive health care services. 

24 ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The public awareness cam25 paign under this section shall include— 


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1 ‘‘(1) the provision of available resources on how 

2 to navigate the legal landscape in the United States 

3 following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn 

4 Roe v. Wade; and 

5 ‘‘(2) the dissemination of information on the 

6 negative health impacts on communities when access 

7 to abortion and other reproductive health care serv8 ices is restricted or banned. 

9 ‘‘(c) COORDINATION.—The public awareness cam10 paign under this section shall be complementary to, and 

11 coordinated with, any other Federal, State, Tribal, and 

12 local efforts, as appropriate. 

13 ‘‘(d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 45 days 

14 after the date on which funds are made available to the 

15 Secretary to carry out this section, the Secretary shall 

16 submit to Congress a report on how such funds have been 

17 used during such 45-day period, including a plan for using 

18 any remaining funds within the next 45 days. 

19 ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

20 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

21 $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028.’’. 

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