ING, AND
PRACTICE
OF
PHYSICIANS
AND
OTHER 
HEALTH CARE ENTITIES’’; 
(2) in subsection (a), by amending paragraph 
(1) to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) the entity refuses— 
‘‘(A) to undergo training in the perform-
ance of induced abortions; 
‘‘(B) to require or provide such training; 
‘‘(C) to perform, participate in, provide 
coverage of, or pay for induced abortions; or 
‘‘(D) to provide referrals for such training 
or such abortions;’’; 
(3) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘an accredita-
tion standards that requires’’ and inserting ‘‘an ac-
creditation standard that requires’’; 
(4) in subsection (c), by amending paragraphs 
(1) and (2) to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘financial assistance’, with re-
spect to a government program, means governmental 
payments to cover the cost of health care services or 
benefits, or other Federal payments, grants, or loans 
to promote or otherwise facilitate health-related ac-
tivities. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘health care entity’ includes an 
individual physician or other health professional, a 
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postgraduate physician training program, a partici-
pant in a program of training in the health profes-
sions, a hospital, a provider sponsored organization, 
a health maintenance organization, an accountable 
care organization, a health insurance plan, or any 
other kind of health care facility, organization, or 
plan.’’; 
(5) in subsection (c), by adding a new para-
graph (4) as follows: 
‘‘(4) The term ‘State or local government that 
receives Federal financial assistance’ includes any 
agency or other governmental unit of a State or 
local government that receives Federal financial as-
sistance.’’. 
(6) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (e); and 
(7) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) REMEDIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The courts of the United 
States shall have jurisdiction to prevent and redress 
actual or threatened violations of this section by 
issuing any form of legal or equitable relief, includ-
ing— 
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‘‘(A) injunctions prohibiting conduct that 
violates this section; and 
‘‘(B) orders preventing the disbursement of 
all or a portion of Federal financial assistance 
to a State or local government, or to a specific 
offending agency or program of a State or local 
government, until such time as the conduct pro-
hibited by this section has ceased. 
‘‘(2) COMMENCEMENT OF ACTION.—An action 
under this section may be instituted by— 
‘‘(A) any health care entity that has stand-
ing to complain of an actual or threatened vio-
lation of this section; or 
‘‘(B) the Attorney General of the United 
States. 
‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall des-
ignate the Director of the Office for Civil Rights of the 
Department of Health and Human Services— 
‘‘(1) to receive complaints alleging a violation of 
this section; and 
‘‘(2) to pursue the investigation of such com-
plaints, in coordination with the Attorney General.’’. 
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