Protect Access to Birth Control Act

Bill: 116-s-4246
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2020-07-21
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Congressional oversight

Department of Health and Human Services

Department of Labor

Department of the Treasury

Employee benefits and pensions

Family planning and birth control

Health care costs and insurance

Health care coverage and access

Health promotion and preventive care

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Religion

Women's health
Latest action: action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-07-21
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Protect Access to Birth Control Act</strong></p> <p>This bill nullifies interim final rules issued by the Department of Labor, the Department of the Treasury, and the Department of Health and Human Services that allow employers with religious or moral objections to be exempt from the requirement that their health insurance plans cover contraceptive services without cost-sharing. </p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4246 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 21, 2020 Mrs. Murray (for herself, Mr. Casey , Mr. Brown , Ms. Hirono , Mr. Merkley , Mr. Murphy , Ms. Hassan , Ms. Baldwin , Mr. Menendez , Mr. Wyden , Mr. Blumenthal , Ms. Warren , Mr. Sanders , Mr. Whitehouse , Mr. Markey , Ms. Stabenow , Ms. Rosen , Mr. Reed , Mrs. Shaheen , Mrs. Feinstein , Mrs. Gillibrand , Ms. Cortez Masto , Mr. Leahy , Mr. Durbin , Mr. King , Mr. Kaine , Mr. Cardin , Mr. Udall , Mr. Booker , Mr. Bennet , Ms. Cantwell , Ms. Klobuchar , Mr. Peters , Ms. Duckworth , Mr. Van Hollen , Ms. Harris , Mr. Heinrich , Mr. Coons , Ms. Smith , and Mr. Tester ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To provide that the rules entitled Religious Exemptions and Accommodations for Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act and Moral Exemptions and Accommodations for Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act shall have no force or effect, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect Access to Birth Control Act . 2. Prohibition on certain rules relating to religious and moral exemptions and accommodations for coverage of certain preventive services The Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of Labor may not take any action to implement, enforce, or otherwise give effect to the rules entitled Religious Exemptions and Accommodations for Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act (83 Fed. Reg. 57536 (November 15, 2018)) and Moral Exemptions and Accommodations for Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act (83 Fed. Reg. 57592 (November 15, 2018)).