Bill Summary for S 898 (2021-2022)

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May 26 2022

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Senate Bill 898 (Public) Filed Thursday, May 26, 2022
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 Marcus, Salvador, Mayfield.

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Identical to H 1088, filed 5/26/22.

Appropriates $300,000 from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health for 2022-23 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, 2022.