3.0.0 358 2023-01-11T13:28:24Z 2023-01-11T13:28:24Z Senate S 2015-02-04 114 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-02-04T15:35:26Z Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2015 114 742 HR 2015-08-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Identical bill CRS 2015-02-04 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2015-02-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH N R000146 Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] HARRY REID D NV M. 2015-02-04 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2015-02-04 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2015-02-04 True B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2015-02-04 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2015-02-04 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2015-02-04 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2015-02-04 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2015-02-04 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2015-02-04 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2015-02-04 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2015-02-04 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2015-02-04 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2015-02-04 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2015-02-04 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2015-02-04 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2015-02-04 True C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2015-02-04 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2015-02-04 True T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2015-02-04 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2015-02-04 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2015-02-04 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2015-02-04 True S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2015-02-04 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2015-02-26 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2015-03-11 False H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2015-04-14 False W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2015-07-08 False R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2016-01-12 False Armed Forces and National Security Assault and harassment offenses Crime victims Crimes against women Family planning and birth control HIV/AIDS Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health promotion and preventive care Military medicine Military personnel and dependents Sex offenses Sexually transmitted diseases Women's health Armed Forces and National Security 00 2015-02-04 Introduced in Senate 2015-03-03T21:38:51Z Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2015

Expands the TRICARE health care program managed by the Department of Defense (DOD) to entitle additional female beneficiaries and dependents to care related to the prevention of pregnancy. (Currently, such care is limited to certain female members of the uniformed service or a reserve component performing active duty or certain servicewomen performing inactive-duty training.) Prohibits cost-sharing from being imposed or collected for such pregnancy prevention care, including for any method of contraception provided through a facility of the uniformed services, the TRICARE retail pharmacy program, or the national mail-order pharmacy program.

Provides for such pregnancy prevention care to include all methods of contraception approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), sterilization procedures, and patient education and counseling.

Directs the DOD Secretary to: (1) ensure that every military treatment facility has a sufficient stock of a broad range of FDA-approved methods of contraception to dispense to any women members of the Armed Forces and female covered beneficiaries who receive care through such facility, (2) disseminate clinical practice guidelines and decision support tools to DOD-employed health care providers, (3) ensure that women members of the Armed Forces have access to comprehensive counseling on contraception during health care visits, and (4) establish uniform curriculum to be used in family planning education programs for all men and women members of the Armed Forces.

Requires questions regarding family planning services and counseling to be incorporated into DOD health surveys.

Requires every military treatment facility, upon request, to provide emergency contraception, or information about FDA-approved methods of emergency contraception, to any woman who: (1) states to personnel that she is a victim of sexual assault or is accompanied by another individual who states that the woman is a victim of sexual assault, or (2) is reasonably believed to be a survivor of sexual assault.

]]> Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2015 Display Title Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that women members of the Armed Forces and their families have access to the contraception they need in order to promote the health and readiness of all members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s358is/xml/BILLS-114s358is.xml 2015-02-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. 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.