[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2024 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2024
To provide for the establishment of an education program to expand
abortion care training and access.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 15, 2023
Ms. Baldwin (for herself, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Stabenow, Ms. Cortez Masto,
Ms. Sinema, Ms. Warren, Mr. Brown, and Mr. Kelly) introduced the
following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
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A BILL
To provide for the establishment of an education program to expand
abortion care training and access.
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 ``Reproductive Health Care Training
Act of 2023''.
SEC. 2. EDUCATION PROGRAM TO EXPAND ABORTION CARE TRAINING AND ACCESS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services (in
this section referred to as the ``Secretary''), acting through the
Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration,
shall establish a program to award grants or contracts to eligible
entities to carry out the activities described in subsection (d) for
the purposes of--
(1) expanding and supporting education for students,
residents, or advanced practice clinicians in a covered State
that permits comprehensive training in abortion care; and
(2) preparing and encouraging each such student, resident,
and advanced practice clinician training in a covered State to
serve as an abortion provider after completing such training.
(b) Application.--To be eligible to receive an award under this
section, an eligible entity shall submit an application to the
Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information
as the Secretary may require, including--
(1) a certification that such eligible entity will use
amounts provided to the entity to carry out the activities
described in subsection (e); and
(2) a description of how such eligible entity will carry
out such activities.
(c) Eligible Entity.--For purposes of this section, the term
``eligible entity'' includes accredited health professions schools,
academic health centers or other appropriate public or private
nonprofit health care safety net providers, including sexual and
reproductive health providers, as determined by the Secretary.
(d) Priority.--In making awards under this section, the Secretary
shall give priority to eligible entities that--
(1) are located in a covered State in which clinical
training for health care students, residents, and advanced
practice clinicians in abortion care is permitted and/or
comprehensively taught;
(2) support clinical training in abortion care for health
care students, residents, and advanced practice clinicians from
States where such training is otherwise limited; or
(3) are minority serving institutions or institutions that
provide training to increase underrepresented minority health
professions.
(e) Use of Funds.--An eligible entity shall use funds made
available under an award under this section to carry out the following
activities:
(1) Support or expand clinical training for health care
students, residents, and advanced practice clinicians in
abortion care.
(2) Develop and operate programs to train health care
students, residents, and advanced practice clinicians in
abortion care by--
(A) defining a set of clinical training activities
related to abortion care, including those that include
care for racial and ethnic minority groups, people with
disabilities, Tribal, and medically underserved
communities;
(B) identifying and addressing challenges to
accessing abortion care, including the needs of racial
and ethnic minority groups, people with disabilities,
Tribal, and medically underserved communities;
(C) supporting the use of telehealth technologies
and practices related to abortion care;
(D) integrating abortion training into health care
education; and
(E) promoting interprofessional training that
includes non-obstetrician-gynecologist abortion
providers.
(3) Develop or expand strategic partnerships with community
health organizations or other eligible entities to enhance
access to abortion care and improve health outcomes.
(4) Develop, implement, and evaluate methods to improve
recruitment and retention of health care students and advanced
practice clinicians from medically underserved communities to
increase access to abortion care.
(5) Train and support instructors to serve medically
underserved communities.
(6) Prepare health care students, residents, or advanced
practice clinicians for transition into clinical practice that
includes abortion care, with a focus on medically underserved
communities.
(7) Provide scholarships or stipends to health care
students, residents, or advanced practice clinicians that are
pursing training in abortion care, with a focus on medically
underserved communities.
(f) Supplement Not Supplant.--Federal funds appropriated to carry
out this section shall supplement not supplant funds otherwise made
available to carry out title VII and title VIII of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 292 et seq. and 296 et seq.).
(g) Reporting.--
(1) Reports from entities.--Each entity that receives an
award under this section shall submit an annual report to the
Secretary on the financial and programmatic performance under
such award, which may include factors such as the number of
trainees, the number of professions and disciplines, the number
of partnerships with health care delivery sites, the number of
faculty and practicing health care professionals who
participated in continuing education programs, and other
factors, as the Secretary may require, in a manner that does
not allow for identification of patients, individual providers,
or other participants.
(2) Reports to congress.--At the end of each year in which
the Secretary makes awards under this section, the Secretary
shall submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce
of the House of Representatives a report that provides a
summary of the financial and programmatic performance of such
awards, which may include factors such as the number trainees,
the number of professions and disciplines, the number of
partnerships with health care delivery sites, the number of
faculty and practicing health care professionals who
participated in continuing education programs, and other
factors that assess the impact of the program on the expansion
of access to abortion services, in a manner that does not
disclose any identifiable information of patients, individual
providers, or other participants.
(h) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Covered state.--The term ``covered State'' means a
State, Puerto Rico, and a territory or possession of the United
States in which comprehensive training for abortion care is
permissible.
(2) Medically underserved community.--The term ``medically
underserved community'' has the meaning given such term in
section 799B of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 295p).
(i) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section $25,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 2024 through 2028.
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