,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dhgh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bd1     
#bjbf,ms4 ,baldwin 7for herself1 ,mrs4  
,murray1 ,ms4 ,warren1 and ,ms4 ,hirono7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was read twice and referred to the      
,committee on ,health1 ,education1      
,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
provide for the establishment of an     
education program to expand abortion    
care training and access4  #a4 ,short   
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,reproductive ,health ,care ,training   
,act of #bjbf4  #b4 ,education program  
to expand abortion care training and    
access  7a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary 
of ,health and ,human ,services 7in this
 section referred to as the ,secretary71
 acting through the ,administrator of   
the ,health ,resources and ,services    
,administration1 shall establish a      
program to award grants or contracts to 
eligible entities to carry out the      
activities described in subsection 7e7  

for the purposes of-- 7#a7 expanding and
 supporting education for students1     
residents1 or advanced practice         
clinicians in a covered ,state that     
permits comprehensive training in       
abortion care2 and  7#b7 preparing and  
encouraging each such student1 resident1
 and advanced practice clinician        
training in a covered ,state to serve as
 an abortion provider after completing  
such training4  7b7 ,application ,to be 
eligible to receive an award under this 
section1 an eligible entity shall submit
 an application to the ,secretary at    
such time1 in such manner1 and          
containing such information as the      
,secretary may require1 including-- 7#a7
 a certification that such eligible     
entity will use amounts provided to the 
entity to carry out the activities      
described in subsection 7e72 and  7#b7 a
 description of how such eligible entity
 will carry out such activities4  7c7   
,eligible entity ,for purposes of this  
section1 the term eligible entity       

includes accredited health professions  
schools1 academic health centers1 and   
other appropriate public or private     
nonprofit health care safety net        
providers1 including sexual and         
reproductive health providers1 as       
determined by the ,secretary4  7d7      
,priority ,in making awards under this  
section1 the ,secretary shall give      
priority to eligible entities that--    
7#a7 are located in a covered ,state in 
which clinical training for health care 
students1 residents1 and advanced       
practice clinicians in abortion care is 
permitted or comprehensively taught2    
7#b7 support clinical training in       
abortion care for health care students1 
residents1 and advanced practice        
clinicians from ,states where such      
training is otherwise limited2 or  7#c7 
are minority serving institutions or    
institutions that provide training to   
increase underrepresented minority      
health professions4  7e7 ,use of funds  
,an eligible entity shall use funds made

 available under an award under this    
section to carry out the following      
activities3 7#a7 ,support or expand     
clinical training for health care       
students1 residents1 and advanced       
practice clinicians in abortion care4   
7#b7 ,develop and operate programs to   
train health care students1 residents1  
and advanced practice clinicians in     
abortion care by-- 7,a7 defining a set  
of clinical training activities related 
to abortion care1 including those that  
include care for racial and ethnic      
minority groups1 people with            
disabilities1 ,tribal1 and medically    
underserved communities2  7,b7          
identifying and addressing challenges to
 accessing abortion care1 including the 
needs of racial and ethnic minority     
groups1 people with disabilities1       
,tribal1 and medically underserved      
communities2  7,c7 supporting the use of
 telehealth technologies and practices  
related to abortion care2  7,d7         
integrating abortion training into      

health care education2 and  7,e7        
promoting interprofessional training    
that includes                           
non-obstetrician-gynecologist abortion  
providers4  7#c7 ,develop or expand     
strategic partnerships with community   
health organizations or other eligible  
entities to enhance access to abortion  
care and improve health outcomes4  7#d7 
,develop1 implement1 and evaluate       
methods to improve recruitment and      
retention of health care students and   
advanced practice clinicians from       
medically underserved communities to    
increase access to abortion care4  7#e7 
,train and support instructors to serve 
medically underserved communities4  7#f7
 ,prepare health care students1         
residents1 or advanced practice         
clinicians for transition into clinical 
practice that includes abortion care1   
with a focus on medically underserved   
communities4  7#g7 ,provide scholarships
 or stipends to health care students1   
residents1 or advanced practice         

clinicians that are pursing training in 
abortion care1 with a focus on medically
 underserved communities4  7f7          
,supplement not supplant ,federal funds 
appropriated to carry out this section  
shall supplement not supplant funds     
otherwise made available to carry out   
title ,,vii and title ,,viii of the     
,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #bib et seq4 and #bif et      
seq474  7g7 ,reporting  7#a7 ,reports   
from entities ,each entity that receives
 an award under this section shall      
submit an annual report to the          
,secretary on the financial and         
programmatic performance under such     
award1 which may include factors such as
 the number of trainees1 the number of  
professions and disciplines1 the number 
of partnerships with health care        
delivery sites1 the number of faculty   
and practicing health care professionals
 who participated in continuing         
education programs1 and other factors1  
as the ,secretary may require1 in a     

manner that does not allow for          
identification of patients1 individual  
providers1 or other participants4  7#b7 
,reports to ,congress ,at the end of    
each year in which the ,secretary makes 
awards under this section1 the          
,secretary shall submit to the          
,committee on ,health1 ,education1      
,labor1 and ,pensions of the ,senate and
 the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce
 of the ,house of ,representatives a    
report that provides a summary of the   
financial and programmatic performance  
of such awards1 which may include       
factors such as the number trainees1 the
 number of professions and disciplines1 
the number of partnerships with health  
care delivery sites1 the number of      
faculty and practicing health care      
professionals who participated in       
continuing education programs1 and other
 factors that assess the impact of the  
program on the expansion of access to   
abortion services1 in a manner that does
 not disclose any identifiable          

information of patients1 individual     
providers1 or other participants4  7h7  
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,covered ,state ,the term covered ,state
 means a ,state1 ,puerto ,rico1 and a   
territory or possession of the ,united  
,states in which comprehensive training 
for abortion care is permissible4  7#b7 
,medically underserved community ,the   
term medically underserved community has
 the meaning given such term in section 
#gii;,b of the ,public ,health ,service 
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #biep74  7i7        
,authorization of appropriations ,there 
is authorized to be appropriated to     
carry out this section #be1jjj1jjj for  
each of fiscal years #bjbg through      
#bjca4