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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 195 
To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants 
to nonprofit tax-exempt organizations for the purchase of ultrasound 
equipment to provide free examinations to pregnant women needing such 
services, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 6, 2009 
Mr. STEARNS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
to make grants to nonprofit tax-exempt organizations 
for the purchase of ultrasound equipment to provide 
free examinations to pregnant women needing such serv-
ices, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Informed Choice Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR PURCHASE OF ULTRASOUND EQUIP-
MENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services may make grants for the purchase of 
ultrasound equipment. Such ultrasound equipment shall 
be used by the recipients of such grants to provide, under 
the direction and supervision of a licensed medical physi-
cian, free ultrasound examinations to pregnant women 
needing such services. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—An entity may re-
ceive a grant under subsection (a) only if the entity meets 
the following conditions: 
(1) The entity is a nonprofit private organiza-
tion that is approved by the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice as a tax-exempt entity under section 501(c)(3) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 
(2) The entity operates as a community-based 
pregnancy help medical clinic, as defined in sub-
section (f). 
(3) The entity provides medical services to 
pregnant women under the guidance and supervision 
of a physician who serves as the medical director of 
the clinic and is duly licensed to practice medicine 
in the State in which the entity is located. 
(4) The entity is legally qualified to provide 
such medical services to pregnant women and is in 
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compliance with all Federal, State, and local require-
ments for the provision of such services. 
(5) The entity agrees to comply with the fol-
lowing medical procedures: 
(A) Each pregnant woman upon whom the 
ultrasound equipment is used will be shown the 
visual image of the fetus from the ultrasound 
examination and will be given a general ana-
tomical and physiological description of the 
characteristics of the fetus. 
(B) Each pregnant woman will be given, 
according to the best medical judgment of the 
physician performing the ultrasound examina-
tion or the physician’s agent performing such 
exam, the approximate age of the embryo or 
fetus considering the number of weeks elapsed 
from the probable time of the conception of the 
embryo or fetus, based upon the information 
provided by the client as to the time of her last 
menstrual period, her medical history, a phys-
ical examination, or appropriate laboratory 
tests. 
(C) Each pregnant woman will be given in-
formation on abortion and alternatives to abor-
tion such as childbirth and adoption and infor-
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mation concerning public and private agencies 
that will assist in those alternatives. 
(D) The entity will obtain and maintain 
medical malpractice insurance in an amount not 
less than $1,000,000, and such insurance will 
cover all activities relating to the use of the 
ultrasound machine purchased with the grant 
under subsection (a). 
(6) The entity does not receive more than 30 
percent of its gross annual revenue from a single 
source or donor. 
(c) LIMITATION ON INDIVIDUAL GRANT AMOUNT.— 
No grant under subsection (a) may be made in an amount 
that exceeds an amount equal to 50 percent of the pur-
chase price cost of the ultrasound machine involved, or 
$20,000, whichever is less. 
(d) 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. 
(e) 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, 
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in such form and manner as the Secretary may require, 
on the ongoing compliance of the applicant with the eligi-
bility conditions established in subsection (b). 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this Act: 
(1) The term ‘‘community-based pregnancy help 
medical clinic’’ means a facility that— 
(A) provides free medical services to preg-
nant women under the supervision and direction 
of a licensed physician who serves as the med-
ical director for such clinic; and 
(B) does not charge for any services ren-
dered to its clients, whether or not such services 
are for pregnancy or nonpregnancy related mat-
ters. 
(2) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services. 
(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the 
purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized 
to be appropriated $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and 
such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 
2011 through 2012. 
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