LARC Access Expansion Act

This bill would let the federal Department of Health and Human Services give grants to certain community health centers so patients can get long-acting reversible contraception (LARC), such as devices inserted for long-term birth control. Grant money would pay to train at least two full-time health care workers and to keep a supply of LARCs on hand for same-day insertion. A second grant program would fund health centers to form groups that use telehealth to expand access to LARC, including for women in rural areas. To qualify for either grant, a health center could not receive Title X family planning funds and must certify that it will not perform abortions or fund any entity that does. Grant funds could not be used for LARC intended as emergency contraception.

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Sponsors

• Ashley Hinson Republican sponsor
• 2 cosponsors