I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8284 
To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to exclude providers of certain 
abortion services from participation in the Medicare program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 7, 2024 
Mr. STEUBE (for himself, Mr. DUNCAN, Mrs. LESKO, Mr. CRENSHAW, and 
Mr. DAVIDSON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to exclude 
providers of certain abortion services from participation 
in the Medicare program. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Women’s Protection 
in Telehealth Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXCLUDING PROVIDERS OF CERTAIN ABORTION 
SERVICES FROM PARTICIPATION IN THE 
MEDICARE PROGRAM. 
Section 1128 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1320a–7) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by inserting ‘‘(or, in the case of individuals and 
entities described in paragraph (5), from par-
ticipation in the Medicare program under title 
XVIII)’’ 
after 
‘‘(as 
defined 
in 
section 
1128B(f))’’; and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (4) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) 
PROVISION
OF
ABORTION-INDUCING 
DRUGS.—Any individual or entity that, on or after 
the date of the enactment of this paragraph, pre-
scribes, administers, dispenses, or furnishes an abor-
tion-inducing drug to a patient, unless such indi-
vidual or entity— 
‘‘(A) is a physician; 
‘‘(B) physically examines the patient; 
‘‘(C) is physically present in the same 
room with the patient at the time the patient 
is administered, takes, or uses (as applicable) 
such drug; and 
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‘‘(D) schedules an in-person follow-up visit 
for the patient to occur not more than 14 days 
after the patient is administered, takes, or uses 
(as applicable) such drug.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)(3)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (b)(12)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 
(a)(5) or (b)(12)’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘sub-
paragraph (G)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraphs 
(G) and (H)’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (G), by inserting 
‘‘(other than under paragraph (5) of such sub-
section)’’ after ‘‘subsection (a)’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(H) In the case of an exclusion under subsection 
(a)(5), the exclusion shall be permanent.’’; 
(3) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) The provisions of this subsection shall not apply 
in the case of an exclusion under subsection (a)(5).’’; 
(4) in subsection (g), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
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‘‘(4) The provisions of this subsection shall not apply 
in the case of an exclusion under subsection (a)(5).’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(k) ABORTION-INDUCING DRUG DEFINED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection 
(a), the term ‘abortion-inducing drug’ means any 
medicine, drug, or any other substance that is pre-
scribed, administered, dispensed, or furnished with 
the intent of terminating the clinically diagnosable 
pregnancy of a woman and with knowledge that the 
termination will with reasonable likelihood cause the 
death of the unborn child (including the off-label use 
of any such drug). 
‘‘(2) UNBORN CHILD.—The term ‘unborn child’ 
has the meaning given such term in section 1841 of 
title 18, United States Code.’’. 
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