3.0.0 3223 2022-12-30T02:34:26Z 2023-01-02T06:33:34Z Senate S 2021-11-17 117 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-11-17T20:24:42Z Access to Birth Control Act 117 6005 HR 2021-11-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2021-11-17 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2021-11-17 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 2021-11-17 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2021-11-17 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2021-11-17 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2021-11-17 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2021-11-17 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2021-11-17 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2021-11-17 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2021-11-17 True S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2021-11-17 True M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2021-11-17 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2021-11-17 True K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2021-11-17 True R000608 Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] Jacklyn Rosen D NV 2021-11-17 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2021-11-17 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2021-11-17 True H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2021-11-17 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2021-11-17 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2021-11-17 True S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2021-11-17 True P000145 Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] Alex Padilla D CA 2021-11-17 True V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2021-11-17 True Health Civil actions and liability Family planning and birth control Health care coverage and access Health technology, devices, supplies Women's health Health 00 2021-11-17 Introduced in Senate 2022-01-11T15:17:58Z Access to Birth Control Act

This bill requires pharmacies to comply with certain rules related to ensuring access to contraceptives.

Specifically, pharmacies must provide without delay a customer with any contraceptive or related medication that is in stock. If the contraceptive is not in stock, the pharmacy must immediately inform the customer and either order the contraceptive or refer the customer to a pharmacy that has it in stock. Laws in some states provide pharmacists with the right to refuse to dispense contraceptive-related drugs on religious or conscience grounds.

Pharmacies may refuse to provide a contraceptive to a customer (1) if the customer lacks a valid prescription for a prescription contraceptive or is unable to pay for the contraceptive, or (2) based on a pharmacy employee's professional clinical judgment.

The bill also establishes a private cause of action and civil monetary penalties for violations of the bill.

]]> Access to Birth Control Act Display Title Access to Birth Control Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Access to Birth Control Act Introduced in Senate IS 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 IS Introduced in Senate 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s3223is/xml/BILLS-117s3223is.xml 2021-11-17 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.