US HB5524 | 2013-2014 | 113th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 70-1)
Status: Introduced on September 17 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-09-17 - Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Pending: House Armed Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2014 - Expands the TRICARE health care program managed by the Department of Defense (DOD) to entitle additional female beneficiaries and dependents to care related to the prevention of pregnancy. (Currently, such care is limited to certain female members of the uniformed service or a reserve component performing active duty or certain servicewomen performing inactive-duty training.) Prohibits cost-sharing from being imposed or collected for such pregnancy prevention care, including for any method of contraception provided through a facility of the uniformed services, the TRICARE retail pharmacy program, or the national mail-order pharmacy program. Provides for such pregnancy prevention care to include all methods of contraception approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), sterilization procedures, and patient education and counseling. Directs the DOD Secretary to: (1) ensure that every military treatment facility has a sufficient stock of a broad range of FDA-approved methods of contraception to dispense to any women members of the Armed Forces and female covered beneficiaries who receive care through such facility; (2) disseminate clinical practice guidelines and decision support tools to DOD-employed health care providers; (3) ensure that women members of the Armed Forces have access to contraception counseling during health care visits; and (4) establish an education program for all members of the Armed Forces, including both men and women members, consisting of a uniform standard curriculum on family planning. Requires questions regarding family planning services and counseling to be incorporated into DOD health surveys. Requires every military treatment facility, upon request, to provide emergency contraception, or information about FDA-approved methods of emergency contraception, to any woman who: (1) states to personnel that she is a victim of sexual assault or is accompanied by another individual who states that the woman is a victim of sexual assault, or (2) is reasonably believed to be a survivor of sexual assault.

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Title

Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2014

Sponsors

Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]
Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]
Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]
Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]Rep. James Himes [D-CT]Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]
Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]
Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]
Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]
Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]
Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]

History

DateChamberAction
2014-09-17HouseReferred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Same As/Similar To

SB2687 (Same As) 2014-07-30 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

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