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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Apr 19, 2005
Access to Reproductive Health Information Act - Amends the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 to repeal a provision that prohibits certain Federal funds from being made available to any Federal agency or program or State or local government that discriminates against any institutional or individual health care entity on the basis that such entity does not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or refer for abortion. Defines "health care entity" to include an individual physician or health care profession, 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.
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Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] · D–CA
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Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 77.
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