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<title>Taxpayer Conscience Protection Act of 2018</title>
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<action-date>2018-01-19</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Taxpayer Conscience Protection Act of 2018</b></p> <p>This bill requires a state that makes a Medicaid payment using&nbsp;federal funds in a given&nbsp;fiscal year for any items or services furnished by an abortion provider to: (1) submit a report to the Department&nbsp;of Health and Human Services (HHS) on all such payments, and (2) publish the report on the state's website. HHS must submit to specified congressional committees,&nbsp;and publish on its website, a&nbsp;report that contains all submitted reports and a summary of those reports.</p>]]></summary-text>
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