[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4438 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4438

 To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to exclude from Federal 
  health care programs health care providers performing certain acts 
    forcing contraception with respect to individuals subject to a 
                            conservatorship.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 16, 2021

 Mr. Smith of Missouri (for himself, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Gaetz, and Mr. 
   Rouzer) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
   Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to exclude from Federal 
  health care programs health care providers performing certain acts 
    forcing contraception with respect to individuals subject to a 
                            conservatorship.

    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 ``Conservatorships Immoral 
Relationship with Contraception in the United States Act'' or the 
``CIRCUS Act''.

SEC. 2. EXCLUDING FROM FEDERAL HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS HEALTH CARE 
              PROVIDERS PERFORMING CERTAIN ACTS FORCING CONTRACEPTION 
              WITH RESPECT TO INDIVIDUALS SUBJECT TO A CONSERVATORSHIP.

    Section 1128(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a-7(a)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(5) Certain acts forcing contraception with respect to 
        individuals subject to conservatorship.--Any health care 
        provider that on or after the date of the enactment of this 
        paragraph--
                    ``(A) denies the removal of an intrauterine device 
                or other contraceptive device from an individual who is 
                subject to a conservatorship by reason of the 
                conservator not approving of such removal; or
                    ``(B) knowingly prescribes birth control medication 
                (including any method of contraception approved or 
                otherwise authorized by the Food and Drug 
                Administration) to an individual subject to a 
                conservatorship without the written consent of such 
                individual.''.
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