Appropriates $2.5 million in recurring funds from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health for each year of the 2025-27 fiscal biennium to be used to award grants to nonprofit community health centers for the purchase and provision of long-acting reversible contraceptives for underserved, uninsured, or medically indigent patients. Defines long-acting reversible contraceptives to mean a drug or device that meets four specified criteria, including that the design is a temporary method of birth control that can be discontinued and is an FDA approved contraceptive. Effective July 1, 2025.
COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER GRANTS FOR LARCS.
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AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH, TO PROVIDE GRANTS TO NONPROFIT COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS FOR THE PURCHASE AND DISTRIBUTION OF LONG-ACTING REVERSIBLE CONTRACEPTIVES.Intro. by Chitlik, Murdock, Bradley.
Status: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate (Senate action) (Mar 20 2025)
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Wed, 19 Mar 2025 Senate: Filed(link is external)
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Thu, 20 Mar 2025 Senate: Passed 1st Reading(link is external)
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