Title: Taxpayer Conscience Protection Act of 2018
Policy area: Health

Summary:
Taxpayer Conscience Protection Act of 2018
This bill requires a state that makes a Medicaid payment using federal funds in a given fiscal year for any items or services furnished by an abortion provider to: (1) submit a report to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on all such payments, and (2) publish the report on the state's website. HHS must submit to specified congressional committees, and publish on its website, a report that contains all submitted reports and a summary of those reports.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4849 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4849

    To require States to report information on Medicaid payments to 
                          abortion providers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 19, 2018

  Mr. Olson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
    To require States to report information on Medicaid payments to 
                          abortion providers.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Taxpayer Conscience Protection Act 
of 2018''.

SEC. 2. REQUIRED REPORTING OF MEDICAID PAYMENTS TO ABORTION PROVIDERS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 60 days after the end of fiscal 
year 2018 and each fiscal year thereafter, each State that makes a 
Medicaid payment from Federal funds during the fiscal year for any 
items or services furnished by an abortion provider shall--
            (1) submit to the Secretary a report on all such payments; 
        and
            (2) publish the report on a public Internet website of the 
        State.
    (b) Report Described.--The report under subsection (a) shall, with 
respect to each payment, include the following:
            (1) A specification of the amount of the payment.
            (2) A specification of the purposes for which the payment 
        was made.
            (3) A comparison of the amount of the payment with the 
        amount of any such payment to the provider involved in any 
        prior fiscal year.
            (4) A specification of the number of abortions performed 
        during the fiscal year by the provider involved.
    (c) Report to Congress.--Not later than 90 days after the end of 
each fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on 
Finance of the Senate, and publish on a public Internet website of the 
Department of Health and Human Services, a report that--
            (1) contains the reports submitted pursuant to subsection 
        (a) for the fiscal year; and
            (2) includes a summary of the reports.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Abortion provider.--The term ``abortion provider'' 
        means an entity that--
                    (A) performs (or refers an individual for) an 
                abortion; or
                    (B) controls, is controlled by, or is under common 
                control with, an entity described in subparagraph (A).
            (2) Medicaid payment from federal funds.--The term 
        ``Medicaid payment from Federal funds'' means a payment for 
        which there is Federal financial participation under title XIX 
        of the Social Security Act.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Health and Human Services.
            (4) State.--The term ``State'' has the meaning given the 
        term for purposes of title XIX of the Social Security Act.
    (e) Conforming Amendments to Social Security Act.--Section 1902(a) 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (82);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (83) and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (83) the following:
            ``(84) provide for the submission of reports in accordance 
        with section 2 of the Taxpayer Conscience Protection Act of 
        2018.''.
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