‘‘SEC. 2753. PREEXISTING CONDITION EXCLUSION NOT AP-
PLICABLE TO PREGNANCY. 
‘‘Individual health insurance coverage, and a health 
insurance issuer offering individual health insurance cov-
erage, may not impose any preexisting condition exclusion 
relating to pregnancy as a preexisting condition.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to coverage provided on or after 
January 1, 2007. 
TITLE 
XII—INCREASING 
WOM-
EN’S 
KNOWLEDGE 
ABOUT 
THEIR PREGNANCY 
SEC. 1201. GRANTS TO HEALTH CENTERS FOR PURCHASE 
OF ULTRASOUND EQUIPMENT. 
Part B of title III of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 243 et seq.) is amended by inserting after sec-
tion 317L the following: 
‘‘SEC. 317L-1. GRANTS FOR THE PURCHASE OR UPGRADE 
OF ULTRASOUND EQUIPMENT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make grants 
for the purchase of ultrasound equipment. Such 
ultrasound equipment shall be used by the recipients of 
such grants to provide ultrasound examinations to preg-
nant women consenting to such services. 
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‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—An entity may 
receive a grant under subsection (a) only if the entity 
meets the following conditions: 
‘‘(1) The entity is a health center eligible to re-
ceive a grant under section 330 of the Public Health 
Service Act (relating to community health centers, 
migrant health centers, homeless health centers, and 
public-housing health centers). 
‘‘(2) The entity agrees to comply with the fol-
lowing medical procedures: 
‘‘(A) Each pregnant woman upon whom 
the ultrasound equipment is used will be given 
the option of viewing the visual image of the 
fetus from the ultrasound examination and will 
be given the option of hearing a general ana-
tomical and physiological description of the 
characteristics of the fetus. 
‘‘(B) Each pregnant woman upon whom 
the ultrasound equipment is used will be given 
the option of learning, according to the best 
medical judgment of the health professional 
performing the ultrasound examination, the ap-
proximate age of the embryo or fetus consid-
ering the number of weeks elapsed from the 
probable time of the conception of the embryo 
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or fetus, based upon the information provided 
by the client as to the time of her last men-
strual period, her medical history, a physical ex-
amination, or appropriate laboratory tests. 
‘‘(C) The ultrasound examinations will be 
performed by a health professional authorized 
under the law of the State involved to perform 
such examinations. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION FOR GRANT.—A grant may be 
made under subsection (a) only if an application for the 
grant is submitted to the Secretary and the application 
is in such form, is made in such manner, and contains 
such agreements, assurances, and information as the Sec-
retary determines to be necessary to carry out this section. 
‘‘(d) ANNUAL REPORT
TO SECRETARY.—A grant 
may be made under subsection (a) only if the applicant 
for the grant agrees to report on an annual basis to the 
Secretary, in such form and manner as the Secretary may 
require, on the ongoing compliance of the applicant with 
the eligibility conditions established in subsection (b). 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the 
purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized 
to be appropriated $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, and 
such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 
2008 through 2010.’’. 
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