,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cdhe  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #ac1 
#bjbc,mr4 ,rubio introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,finance 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title ,,iv of the  
,social ,security ,act to establish     
requirements for biological fathers to  
pay child support for medical expenses  
incurred during pregnancy and delivery4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,supporting ,healthy ,pregnancy 
,act of #bjbc4  #b4 ,requiring          
biological fathers to pay child support 
for medical expenses incurred during    
pregnancy and delivery  7a7 ,in general 
,section #ded of the ,social ,security  
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #fed7 is amended--  
7#a7 in paragraph 7#cc71 by striking and
 after the semicolon2  7#b7 in paragraph
 7#cd71 by striking the period and      
inserting 2 and2  7#c7 by inserting     
after paragraph 7#cd71 the following3   
7#ce7 provide that the ,state shall     

establish and enforce a child support   
obligation of the biological father of a
 child to pay for not less than #ej     
percent of the reasonable out-of-pocket 
medical expenses 7including health      
insurance premiums or similar charge1   
deductions1 cost sharing or similar     
charges1 and any other related          
out-of-pocket expenses7 the mother of   
the child is responsible for that are   
incurred during1 and associated with1   
the pregnancy and delivery of the child1
 provided that the mother requests the  
payment of such support4  4  7b7 ,rule  
of construction  7#a7 ,in general       
,nothing in paragraph 7#ce7 of section  
#ded of the ,social ,security ,act 7#db 
,u4,s4,c4 #fed71 as added by subsection 
7a71 shall be construed to imply that an
 expense associated with an abortion is 
a medical expense4  7#b7 ,abortion      
defined ,for purposes of this           
subsection1 the term abortion means the 
use or prescription of any instrument1  
medicine1 drug1 or other substance or   

device to intentionally-- 7,a7 kill the 
unborn child of a woman known to be     
pregnant2 or  7,b7 prematurely terminate
 the pregnancy of a woman known to be   
pregnant1 with an intention other than  
to-- 7i7 increase the probability of a  
live birth or of preserving the life or 
health of the child after live birth2 or
  7ii7 remove an ectopic pregnancy or a 
dead unborn child4  7c7 ,effective date 
7#a7 ,in general ,subject to paragraph  
7#b71 the amendments made by subsection 
7a7 shall take effect on ,january #a of 
the first calendar year that begins     
after the date of enactment of this     
,act4  7#b7 ,delay if state legislation 
required ,in the case of a ,state plan  
under part ,d of title ,,iv of the      
,social ,security ,act which the        
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services determines requires ,state    
legislation 7other than legislation     
appropriating funds7 in order for the   
plan to meet the additional requirement 
imposed by the amendments made by this  

,act1 the ,state plan shall not be      
regarded as failing to comply with the  
requirements of such part solely on the 
basis of the failure of the plan to meet
 such additional requirement before the 
first day of the first calendar quarter 
beginning after the close of the first  
regular session of the ,state           
legislature that begins after the date  
of enactment of this ,act4 ,for purposes
 of the previous sentence1 in the case  
of a ,state that has a #b-year          
legislative session1 each year of the   
session shall be deemed to be a separate
 regular session of the ,state          
legislature4