any amount expended during the first full fiscal 
year following such determination for family 
planning services and supplies described in sec-
tion 1905(a)(4)(C) furnished to an individual 
described in paragraph (1).’’. 
SEC. 4. COLLECTION OF ABORTION DATA BY CDC. 
The Public Health Service Act is amended by insert-
ing after section 317T of such Act (42 U.S.C. 247b–22) 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 317U. ABORTION DATA. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through 
the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
vention (in this section referred to as the ‘Secretary’)— 
‘‘(1) shall maintain a surveillance system to col-
lect aggregate data in a standardized format on 
abortions in the United States; 
‘‘(2) shall, as part of such system, create a 
standard worksheet to collect data from States on 
abortions in the respective States; 
‘‘(3) in such worksheet— 
‘‘(A) shall, at a minimum, include ques-
tions on the variables listed in subsection (b), to 
be treated as mandatory questions for purposes 
of section 1903(bb) of the Social Security Act; 
and 
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‘‘(B) may include such additional questions 
on abortion as the Secretary determines to be 
appropriate, to be treated as voluntary ques-
tions; and 
‘‘(4) shall, as part of such system, allow for 
cross-tabulation of the variables listed in subsection 
(b), including cross-tabulation of maternal age by 
gestational age; race and ethnicity by gestational 
age; type of abortion procedure by gestational age; 
race and ethnicity by maternal age; and race and 
ethnicity by marital status; and 
‘‘(5) periodically update the questions in the 
worksheet under paragraph (2) and the classification 
of such questions as mandatory or voluntary under 
paragraph (3). 
‘‘(b) VARIABLES.—The variables listed in this sub-
section are the following: 
‘‘(1) Maternal age in years. 
‘‘(2) Gestational age in completed weeks at the 
time of abortion. 
‘‘(3) Maternal race. 
‘‘(4) Maternal ethnicity. 
‘‘(5) Maternal race by ethnicity. 
‘‘(6) The abortion method type. 
‘‘(7) Maternal marital status. 
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‘‘(8) Previous pregnancies of the mother, in-
cluding the number of previous live births, the num-
ber of previous induced abortions, and the number 
of previous spontaneous abortions. 
‘‘(9) Maternal residence (State or county). 
‘‘(10) Whether the child survived the abortion. 
‘‘(c) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall 
provide technical assistance to States to facilitate and im-
prove the reporting of data to the system under subsection 
(a). 
‘‘(d) ANNUAL REPORTING.—The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) include, for each calendar year, the data 
collected pursuant to this section in a report on 
abortion; and 
‘‘(2) publish such report not later than Decem-
ber 30 of the third calendar year following the cal-
endar year covered by the report. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the term ‘State’ 
refers to the several States, the District of Columbia, and 
any territory of the United States.’’. 
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