3.0.0 2960 2023-01-11T13:32:53Z 2023-01-11T13:32:53Z Senate S 2016-05-19 114 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-05-19T20:33:35Z Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2016 114 5475 HR 2016-09-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS 2016-05-19 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2016-05-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ N B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2016-05-19 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2016-05-19 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2016-05-19 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2016-05-19 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2016-05-19 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2016-05-19 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2016-05-19 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2016-05-19 True K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2016-05-19 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2016-05-19 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2016-05-19 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2016-05-19 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2016-05-19 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2016-05-19 True S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2016-05-19 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2016-05-19 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2016-05-19 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2016-05-19 True M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2016-06-29 False Health Civil actions and liability Family planning and birth control First Amendment rights Health care coverage and access Health technology, devices, supplies Religion Health 00 2016-05-19 Introduced in Senate 2016-07-11T23:16:41Z Access to Birth Control Act

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require pharmacies to comply with certain rules related to contraceptives, including: (1) providing a customer a contraceptive without delay if it is in stock; (2) immediately informing a customer if the contraceptive is not in stock and either transferring the prescription to a pharmacy that has the contraceptive in stock or ordering the contraceptive and notifying the customer when it arrives, based on customer preference, except for pharmacies that do not ordinarily stock contraceptives; and (3) ensuring that pharmacy employees do not take certain actions relating to a request for contraception, including intimidating, threatening, or harassing customers, interfering with the delivery of services, intentionally deceiving customers about the availability or mechanism of action of contraception, breaching or threatening to breach medical confidentiality, or refusing to return a prescription.

The bill does not prohibit a pharmacy from refusing to provide a contraceptive to a customer if: (1) it is unlawful to dispense the contraceptive to the customer without a prescription and no prescription is presented; (2) the customer is unable to pay for the contraceptive; or (3) the pharmacy employee refuses to provide the contraceptive on the basis of a professional clinical judgment.

The Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 does not provide a claim or a defense to a claim concerning the requirements of this bill or provide a basis for challenging the application or enforcement of these requirements.

The bill does not preempt state law or any professional obligation of a state board that provides greater protections for customers.

Civil penalties and a private cause of action are established for violations of this bill.

]]> Access to Birth Control Act Display Title Access to Birth Control Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish certain duties for pharmacies to ensure provision of Food and Drug Administration-approved contraception, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Access to Birth Control Act Introduced in Senate 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2960is/xml/BILLS-114s2960is.xml 2016-05-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.