US HB742 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 80-1)
Status: Introduced on February 4 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-08-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Military Personnel Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 4 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-08-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Military Personnel Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2015 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 comprehensive counseling on contraception during health care visits, and (4) establish uniform curriculum to be used in family planning education programs for all men and women members of the Armed Forces. 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.
Title
Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2015
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2015-08-13 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. |
2015-02-04 | House | Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. |
2015-02-04 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
SB358 (Same As) 2015-02-04 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Subjects
Armed forces and national security
Assault and harassment offenses
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Family planning and birth control
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
HIV/AIDS
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Sex offenses
Sexually transmitted diseases
Women's health
Assault and harassment offenses
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Family planning and birth control
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
HIV/AIDS
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Sex offenses
Sexually transmitted diseases
Women's health
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/742/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr742/BILLS-114hr742ih.pdf |