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Expanding Access to Family Planning Act
To provide enhanced funding for family planning services.
Summary
The bill establishes a Title X Clinic Fund to provide enhanced federal funding for clinics offering family planning services. It appropriates $512 million annually for grants and contracts supporting family planning services and $50 million annually for clinic infrastructure improvements (construction, renovation, and equipment) for fiscal years 2026 through 2035. The bill requires that Title X clinics provide nondirective pregnancy counseling and ensure that patients with positive pregnancy tests receive neutral, factual information about available options including prenatal care and delivery, infant care and adoption, and pregnancy termination upon request.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (D-MN)
12 cosponsors
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT)
- Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] (D-IL)
- Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA] (D-PA)
- Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] (D-HI)
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] (D-OR)
- Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] (D-WA)
- Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] (D-CA)
- Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] (D-NV)
- Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] (D-HI)
- Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] (D-VA)
- Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] (D-MA)
- Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] (D-OR)
Actions (2)
- Apr 9, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. · senate
- Apr 9, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 9, 2025
Ms. Smith (for herself, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Warren, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Fetterman, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Merkley, and Mr. Wyden) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
A BILL
To provide enhanced funding for family planning services.
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 “Expanding Access to Family Planning Act”.
SEC. 2. TITLE X CLINIC FUND.
(a) In General.—There is established a Title X Clinic Fund to be administered through the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the “Office of the Secretary”), to provide for expanded and sustained national investment in clinics providing family planning services supported under title X of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300 et seq.) (referred to in this section as “title X clinics”).
(b) Funding.—There is appropriated to the Office of the Secretary for the Title X Clinic Fund, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2035—
(1) $512,000,000 for necessary expenses for grants and contracts under title X of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300 et seq.); and
(2) $50,000,000 for infrastructure, including the construction and renovation (including equipment) of title X clinics.
(c) Availability.—Amounts appropriated under subsection (b) shall remain available until expended.
(d) Conditions on Funding.—
(1) Prohibition.—No recipient of funds made available under this section that makes a subaward for the provision of title X services may prohibit an entity from participating in such subaward program for reasons other than the entity’s inability to provide such title X services.
(2) Pregnancy counseling.—In the case of services provided by a title X clinic that receives funding made available under this section, all pregnancy counseling shall be nondirective, and, with respect to all patients of the title X clinic with a positive pregnancy test, the following shall apply:
(A) All such patients shall be given the opportunity to be provided information and counseling regarding each of the following options:
(i) Prenatal care and delivery.
(ii) Infant care, foster care, and adoption.
(iii) Pregnancy termination.
(B) If the patient requests such information and counseling, such patient shall be provided with neutral, factual information and nondirective counseling on each option described in subparagraph
(A), including referral upon request, except with respect to any option about which the patient indicates no interest in receiving such information and counseling. <all>
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