[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4971 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4971

 To amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to 
  ensure that the coverage offered under multi-State qualified health 
  plans offered in Exchanges is consistent with the Federal abortion 
                              funding ban.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 27, 2012

Mr. Akin (for himself, Mr. Alexander, Mrs. Bachmann, Mr. Bartlett, Mr. 
 Benishek, Mrs. Black, Mr. Boustany, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. Burton of 
Indiana, Mr. Canseco, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Cole, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Cravaack, 
 Mr. Crawford, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, Mr. Duncan of Tennessee, 
 Mr. Fleming, Mr. Flores, Mr. Fortenberry, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. 
  Gohmert, Mr. Graves of Missouri, Mr. Graves of Georgia, Mr. Harris, 
 Mrs. Hartzler, Mr. Huelskamp, Mr. Huizenga of Michigan, Mr. Hultgren, 
 Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Jones, Mr. Jordan, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Kingston, 
  Mr. Kline, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Landry, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. 
 Luetkemeyer, Mr. Marchant, Mr. McCotter, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mrs. 
Miller of Michigan, Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. Paul, Mr. Quayle, 
 Mrs. Roby, Mr. Ross of Florida, Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin, Mrs. Schmidt, 
 Mr. Schweikert, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, 
 Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Southerland, Mr. Stivers, Mr. Walberg, Mr. 
    Westmoreland, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, and Mr. Bilirakis) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to 
  ensure that the coverage offered under multi-State qualified health 
  plans offered in Exchanges is consistent with the Federal abortion 
                              funding ban.

    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 ``Stop Abortion Funding in Multi-state 
Exchange Plans Act'' or ``SAFE Act''.

SEC. 2. CONSISTENCY WITH FEDERAL ABORTION FUNDING BAN FOR COVERAGE 
              UNDER MULTI-STATE PLANS IN EXCHANGES.

    (a) In General.--Section 1334(a)(6) of the Patient protection and 
Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18054(a)(6)) is amended to read as 
follows:
            ``(6) Consistency with federal abortion funding ban.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In entering into contracts under 
                this subsection, the Director shall ensure that no 
                multi-State qualified health plan offered in an 
                Exchange provides coverage of abortion.
                    ``(B) Exception.--The limitation established in 
                subparagraph (A) shall not apply to an abortion--
                            ``(i) if the pregnancy is the result of an 
                        act of rape or incest; or
                            ``(ii) in a case where a woman suffers from 
                        a physical disorder, physical injury, or 
                        physical illness that would, as certified by a 
                        physician, place the woman in danger of death 
                        unless an abortion is performed, including a 
                        life-endangering physical condition caused by 
                        or arising from the pregnancy itself.''.
    (b) Preemption.--Section 1303(c)(1) of the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18023(c)(1)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: ``Notwithstanding this paragraph, no State law shall 
preempt the limitation on coverage of abortion in multi-state plans set 
forth in Section 1334(a)(6).''.
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