3.0.0 2259 2023-01-11T13:39:05Z 2023-01-11T13:39:05Z Senate S 2017-12-20 115 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-12-20T22:48:19Z Access to Birth Control Act 115 2567 HR 2017-05-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2018 115 5942 HR 2018-10-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2018 115 3660 S 2018-11-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2017-12-20 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2017-12-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ N M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2017-12-20 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2017-12-20 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2017-12-20 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2017-12-20 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2017-12-20 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2017-12-20 True K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2017-12-20 True S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2017-12-20 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2017-12-20 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2017-12-20 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2017-12-20 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2017-12-20 True M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2017-12-20 True V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2017-12-20 True D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2017-12-20 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2017-12-20 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2017-12-20 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2017-12-20 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2017-12-21 False W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2018-01-17 False H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2018-11-15 False Health Civil actions and liability Family planning and birth control Health care coverage and access Health technology, devices, supplies Health 00 2017-12-20 Introduced in Senate 2019-08-20T16:19:10Z Access to Birth Control Act

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require pharmacies to comply with certain rules related to ensuring access to contraceptives. Among other requirements, pharmacies must provide a customer a contraceptive or related medication without delay if it is in stock. If the contraceptive is not in stock, the pharmacy must immediately inform the customer and either transfer the prescription to a pharmacy that has it in stock or order it.

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 Short Titles as Introduced 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, medication related to contraception, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2259is/xml/BILLS-115s2259is.xml 2017-12-20 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.