[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 95 (Tuesday, June 4, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S3960]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2071. Mr. CASSIDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 4381, to protect an individual's ability to 
access contraceptives and to engage in contraception and to protect a 
health care provider's ability to provide contraceptives, 
contraception, and information related to contraception; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. ACCURATE VITAL STATISTICS DATA FOR ACCESS TO CARE.

       (a) In General.-- Not later than 2 years after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Director of the Centers for 
     Disease Control and Prevention (referred to in this section 
     as the ``Director''), in consultation with the heads of 
     relevant Federal departments and agencies, State, local, 
     Tribal and territorial health officials, and relevant 
     stakeholders, shall update--
       (1) the United States Standard Certificate of Live Birth to 
     include attempted abortion as a method of delivery; and
       (2) abortion surveillance data collection tools to include 
     data on attempted abortions that resulted in a live birth.
       (b) Guidance.--The Director shall develop and issue 
     guidance and training materials to facilitate adoption of the 
     updates under subsection (a) by State, local, Tribal, and 
     territorial health officials and relevant health care 
     entities.
       (c) Referral.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
     in consultation with the Director, shall develop a program 
     for abortion survivors identified by States and territories 
     through vital statistics and data collection tools described 
     in subsection (a) to enable such States and territories to 
     connect such survivors with applicable Federal programs 
     related to the provision of health care and social services 
     for vulnerable newborn and infant children.
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