,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hjhd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #be1          
#bjbf,mrs4 ,hinson 7for herself1 ,mrs4  
,miller-,meeks1 ,ms4 ,malliotakis1 and  
,mr4 ,ciscomani7 introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of 
,health and ,human ,services to conduct 
a study and submit to ,congress a report
 on contraceptive access at community   
health centers in health care deserts4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,access to ,l,a,r,cs ,act4  #b4 
,study and report on access to range of 
contraceptive methods at community      
health centers  7a7 ,study ,the         
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services 7in this section referred to  
as the ,secretary7 shall conduct a study
 on the access of women in need to a    
range of contraceptive methods at       
community health centers located in     
health care deserts4 ,such study shall--

  7#a7 include analysis related to      
reimbursement1 inventory stocking1      
provider training1 patient education1   
and other barriers to community health  
centers providing a range of            
contraceptive methods2 and  7#b7        
indicate which community health centers 
are recipients of funding under title ,x
 of the ,public ,health ,service ,act   
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #cjj et seq474  7b7      
,report ,not later than #ahj days after 
the date of enactment of this ,act1 the 
,secretary shall submit to ,congress a  
report describing the results of the    
study under subsection 7a74  7c7        
,definitions ,in this section3  7#a7    
,community health center ,the term      
community health center means a health  
center 7as defined in section #ccj7;a7  
of the ,public ,health ,service ,act    
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bed;b7a7774  7#b7       
,contraceptive method ,the term         
contraceptive method means--  7,a7 a    
drug or device 7as such terms are       
defined in section #bja of the ,federal 

,food1 ,drug1 and ,cosmetic ,act 7#ba   
,u4,s4,c4 #cba771 or combination        
product1 approved for use under the     
,federal ,food1 ,drug1 and ,cosmetic    
,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #cba et seq47 as a  
method of contraception1 except when    
such drug1 device1 or combination       
product is used on- or off-label as an  
emergency contraceptive2  7,b7 sexual   
risk avoidance education2 and  7,c7     
natural family planning or other        
fertility-based methods of family       
planning4  7#c7 ,health care desert ,the
 term health care desert means a ,state 
or political subdivision thereof with   
less than #a community health center for
 every #a1jjj women in need4  7#d7      
,range of contraceptive methods ,the    
term range of contraceptive methods     
means #b or more contraceptive methods4 
7#e7 ,women in need ,the term women in  
need means women eligible for benefits  
under a ,federal health care program 7as
 defined in section #aabh;,b7f7 of the  
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   

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