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Reproductive Health Patient Navigator Act of 2023

USA118th CongressS-2439| Senate 
| Updated: 7/20/2023
Catherine Cortez Masto

Catherine Cortez Masto

Democratic Senator

Nevada

Cosponsors (10)
Mazie K. Hirono (Democratic)Tammy Duckworth (Democratic)Elizabeth Warren (Democratic)Alex Padilla (Democratic)Amy Klobuchar (Democratic)Michael F. Bennet (Democratic)Patty Murray (Democratic)Tina Smith (Democratic)Peter Welch (Democratic)Richard Blumenthal (Democratic)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Reproductive Health Patient Navigator Act of 2023 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 Department of Justice may bring civil actions for violations; the bill also provides for a private right of action.
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Timeline
Jul 20, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Jul 20, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jul 21, 2023

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 118-4796
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • July 20, 2023
    Introduced in Senate


  • July 20, 2023
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.


  • July 21, 2023

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 118-4796
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Health

Related Bills

  • HR 118-4796: Reproductive Health Patient Navigator Act of 2023
AbortionCivil actions and liabilityFederal district courtsHealth personnelHealth programs administration and fundingSex and reproductive health

Reproductive Health Patient Navigator Act of 2023

USA118th CongressS-2439| Senate 
| Updated: 7/20/2023
Reproductive Health Patient Navigator Act of 2023 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 Department of Justice may bring civil actions for violations; the bill also provides for a private right of action.
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Timeline
Jul 20, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Jul 20, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jul 21, 2023

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 118-4796
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • July 20, 2023
    Introduced in Senate


  • July 20, 2023
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.


  • July 21, 2023

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 118-4796
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Catherine Cortez Masto

Catherine Cortez Masto

Democratic Senator

Nevada

Cosponsors (10)
Mazie K. Hirono (Democratic)Tammy Duckworth (Democratic)Elizabeth Warren (Democratic)Alex Padilla (Democratic)Amy Klobuchar (Democratic)Michael F. Bennet (Democratic)Patty Murray (Democratic)Tina Smith (Democratic)Peter Welch (Democratic)Richard Blumenthal (Democratic)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

Health

Related Bills

  • HR 118-4796: Reproductive Health Patient Navigator Act of 2023
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
AbortionCivil actions and liabilityFederal district courtsHealth personnelHealth programs administration and fundingSex and reproductive health