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Blocks the Department of Health and Human Services from declaring or using a federal public health emergency for anything related to abortion, and immediately ends any such emergency that exists on the day this becomes law. Restores older safety rules for abortion drugs so they must be given in person at a clinic, medical office, or hospital by a certified provider. It bars HHS and FDA leaders from loosening these rules and keeps them in place until every State submits standardized abortion data to the CDC, using the specific questions laid out in the bill. It defines key terms such as “abortion,” “abortion drug,” “certified health care provider,” and “unborn child.”
The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall not use or declare any public health emergency under section 319 or 319F–3 of the Public Health Service Act with respect to abortion.
Any declaration described in subsection (a) that is in effect as of the date of enactment of this Act is terminated.
The Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, or any other official within HHS may not exercise enforcement discretion with respect to any requirement under the REMS (risk evaluation and mitigation strategy) relating to abortion drugs.
Effective on the date of enactment of this Act, reinstate the REMS requirement that abortion drugs be dispensed only in clinics, medical offices, and hospitals by or under the supervision of a certified health care provider (the “in-person dispensing requirement”).
HHS officials may not reduce protections in the applicable REMS (including by any update) relating to an abortion drug until every State submits to the CDC’s abortion surveillance system the abortion data collected in the aggregate and entered into a standardized worksheet that includes the variables in subsection (c).
Directs that the mandatory variables listed in subsection (c) of this Act shall be treated as mandatory questions for purposes of section 1903(bb) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(bb)).
Imposes a statutory prohibition on the Secretary of Health and Human Services from using or declaring any public health emergency under section 319 or 319F–3 of the Public Health Service Act with respect to abortion, and terminates any such declarations in effect as of the date of enactment.
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced February 24, 2025 by Kevin Hern · Last progress February 24, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House