[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 971 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 971

    To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit governmental 
discrimination in the training and licensing of health professionals on 
    the basis of the refusal to undergo or provide training in the 
       performance of induced abortions, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                June 27 (legislative day, June 19), 1995

    Mr. Coats (for himself, Mr. Helms, Mr. Gregg, and Mr. Ashcroft) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                 Committee on Labor and Human Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit governmental 
discrimination in the training and licensing of health professionals on 
    the basis of the refusal to undergo or provide training in the 
       performance of induced abortions, and for other purposes.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Medical Training Nondiscrimination 
Act of 1995''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROHIBITION AGAINST ABORTION-RELATED 
              DISCRIMINATION IN TRAINING AND LICENSING OF PHYSICIANS.

    Part B of title II of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 238 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following section:

``abortion-related discrimination in governmental activities regarding 
                  training and licensing of physicians

    ``Sec. 245. (a) In General.--The Federal Government, and any State 
that receives Federal financial assistance, may not subject any health 
care entity to discrimination on the basis that--
            ``(1) the entity refuses to undergo training in the 
        performance of induced abortions, to provide such training, to 
        perform such abortions, or to provide referrals for such 
        abortions;
            ``(2) the entity refuses to make arrangements for any of 
        the activities specified in paragraph (1); or
            ``(3) the entity attends (or attended) a postgraduate 
        physician training program, or any other program of training in 
        the health professions, that does not (or did not) require, 
        provide or arrange for training in the performance of induced 
        abortions, or make arrangements for the provision of such 
        training.
    ``(b) Accreditation of Postgraduate Physician Training Programs.--
            ``(1) In general.--With respect to the State government 
        involved, or the Federal Government, restrictions under 
        subsection (a) include the restriction that, in granting a 
        legal status to a health care entity (including a license or 
        certificate), or in providing to the entity financial 
        assistance, a service, or another benefit, the government may 
        not require that the entity be an accredited postgraduate 
        physician training program, or that the entity have completed 
        or be attending such a program, if the applicable standards for 
        accreditation of the program include the standard that the 
        program must require, provide or arrange for training in the 
        performance of induced abortions, or make arrangements for the 
        provision of such training.
            ``(2) Rule of construction.--With respect to subclauses (I) 
        and (II) of section 705(a)(2)(B)(i) (relating to a program of 
        insured loans for training in the health professions), the 
        requirements in such subclauses regarding accredited internship 
        or residency programs are subject to paragraph (1) of this 
        subsection.
    ``(c) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
            ``(1) The term `financial assistance', with respect to a 
        government program, includes governmental payments provided as 
        reimbursement for carrying out health-related activities.
            ``(2) The term `health care entity' includes an individual 
        physician, a postgraduate physician training program, and a 
        participant in a program of training in the health professions.
            ``(3) The term `postgraduate physician training program' 
        includes a residency training program.''.
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