[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4691 Engrossed in House (EH)]


  2d Session

                               H. R. 4691

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                                 AN ACT

  To prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in governmental 
                              activities.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4691

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                                 AN ACT


 
  To prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in governmental 
                              activities.

    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 ``Abortion Non-Discrimination Act of 
2002''.

SEC. 2. ABORTION NON-DISCRIMINATION.

    Section 245 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 238n) is 
amended--
            (1) in the section heading, by striking ``regarding 
        training and licensing of physicians'' and inserting 
        ``regarding training, licensing, and practice of physicians and 
        other health care entities'';
            (2) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``to perform such 
        abortions'' and inserting ``to perform, provide coverage of, or 
        pay for induced abortions''; and
            (3) in subsection (c)(2)--
                    (A) by inserting ``or other health professional,'' 
                after ``an individual physician'';
                    (B) by striking ``and a participant'' and inserting 
                ``a participant''; and
                    (C) by inserting before the period the following: 
                ``, a hospital, a provider sponsored organization, a 
                health maintenance organization, a health insurance 
                plan, or any other kind of health care facility, 
                organization or plan''.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 25, 2002.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.