3.0.0 2567 2023-01-11T13:36:41Z 2023-01-11T13:36:41Z House HR 2017-05-19 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 87 (Friday, May 19, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York:H.R. 2567.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3: To regulate Commerce withforeign Nations, and among the several States, and with theIndian Tribes.[Page H4390]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2017-05-26T20:21:50Z Referred to 2017-05-19T13:03:20Z Access to Birth Control Act 115 2259 S 2017-12-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS 2017-05-26 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2017-05-19 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2017-05-19 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-05-19 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M000087 Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] CAROLYN MALONEY D NY B. 12 N N000147 Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] ELEANOR NORTON D DC HOLMES 0 2018-02-13 False C001084 Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] David Cicilline D RI N. 1 2018-02-13 False M001160 Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] Gwen Moore D WI 4 2018-02-13 False W000808 Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] Frederica Wilson D FL S. 24 2018-02-26 False C001078 Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] Gerald Connolly D VA E. 11 2018-02-26 False D000191 Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] PETER DEFAZIO D OR A. 4 2018-02-26 False N000179 Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-32] GRACE NAPOLITANO D CA F. 32 2018-02-26 False W000187 Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43] MAXINE WATERS D CA 43 2018-02-26 False C001067 Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] Yvette Clarke D NY D. 9 2018-02-26 False G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 3 2018-02-26 False T000472 Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41] Mark Takano D CA 41 2018-02-26 False B001270 Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37] Karen Bass D CA 37 2018-03-01 False E000288 Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5] Keith Ellison D MN 5 2018-03-07 False C001080 Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27] Judy Chu D CA 27 2018-03-07 False B001278 Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] Suzanne Bonamici D OR 1 2018-03-07 False P000597 Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] Chellie Pingree D ME 1 2018-05-11 False S001175 Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14] Jackie Speier D CA 14 2018-10-23 False Health Civil actions and liability Family planning and birth control Health care coverage and access Health technology, devices, supplies Health 00 2017-05-19 Introduced in House 2017-06-01T22:07:39Z 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 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 To establish certain duties for pharmacies to ensure provision of Food and Drug Administration-approved contraception, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Access to Birth Control Act Introduced in House 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr2567ih/xml/BILLS-115hr2567ih.xml 2017-05-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 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.