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Women's Health Patient Navigator Act of 2022

USA117th CongressS-5174| Senate 
| Updated: 12/1/2022
Catherine Cortez Masto

Catherine Cortez Masto

Democratic Senator

Nevada

Cosponsors (8)
Tammy Duckworth (Democratic)Alex Padilla (Democratic)Amy Klobuchar (Democratic)Jacky Rosen (Democratic)Michael F. Bennet (Democratic)Patty Murray (Democratic)Tina Smith (Democratic)Richard Blumenthal (Democratic)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Women's Health Patient Navigator Act of 2022 This bill provides funding for patient navigator grants to assist individuals in accessing abortion services. The Department of Health and Human Services must award the grants to state, tribal, or local governments; nonprofits; or community organizations that offer unbiased and medically accurate programs, services, or activities to connect individuals with abortion services. Grant-funded activities include, among others, coordinating the scheduling, financing, and other logistics of abortion services. Further, the bill prohibits individuals, entities, and states from preventing or otherwise disadvantaging an entity that is eligible to receive a grant from carrying out activities to assist individuals with accessing abortion services, including in any state in which those services are not lawful. Such activities include providing (or assisting in the provision of) abortion care and other reproductive health services that are either (1) lawful in the state where the services are provided, or (2) provided to an individual who does not reside in the state where the services are provided. The bill allows for enforcement of this prohibition through private lawsuits.
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Timeline
Dec 1, 2022
Introduced in Senate
Dec 1, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • December 1, 2022
    Introduced in Senate


  • December 1, 2022
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Women's Health Patient Navigator Act of 2022

USA117th CongressS-5174| Senate 
| Updated: 12/1/2022
Women's Health Patient Navigator Act of 2022 This bill provides funding for patient navigator grants to assist individuals in accessing abortion services. The Department of Health and Human Services must award the grants to state, tribal, or local governments; nonprofits; or community organizations that offer unbiased and medically accurate programs, services, or activities to connect individuals with abortion services. Grant-funded activities include, among others, coordinating the scheduling, financing, and other logistics of abortion services. Further, the bill prohibits individuals, entities, and states from preventing or otherwise disadvantaging an entity that is eligible to receive a grant from carrying out activities to assist individuals with accessing abortion services, including in any state in which those services are not lawful. Such activities include providing (or assisting in the provision of) abortion care and other reproductive health services that are either (1) lawful in the state where the services are provided, or (2) provided to an individual who does not reside in the state where the services are provided. The bill allows for enforcement of this prohibition through private lawsuits.
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Timeline
Dec 1, 2022
Introduced in Senate
Dec 1, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • December 1, 2022
    Introduced in Senate


  • December 1, 2022
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Catherine Cortez Masto

Catherine Cortez Masto

Democratic Senator

Nevada

Cosponsors (8)
Tammy Duckworth (Democratic)Alex Padilla (Democratic)Amy Klobuchar (Democratic)Jacky Rosen (Democratic)Michael F. Bennet (Democratic)Patty Murray (Democratic)Tina Smith (Democratic)Richard Blumenthal (Democratic)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

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  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted