S2302-119

In Committee

Access to Birth Control Act

119th Congress Introduced Jul 16, 2025

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Access to Birth Control Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Trade, Civil Rights.

Who Benefits and How

health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H1F9A5B5E6D054897B2DCB5609DE5978C: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Access to Birth Control Act.
  • Section HD75FAF7C7C284227B17446A057C0BF07: 2. Findings Congress finds as follows: Family planning is basic health care. Access to contraception helps people determine if and when to become pregnant....
  • Section H84387947A5BF4053AF020D5ACDFC7A39: 3. Duties of pharmacies to ensure provision of contraception and medication related to contraception Part B of title II of the Public Health Service Act (42...
  • Section HD909F0AD64E04832899F1CF9C3DEBD57: 249. Duties of pharmacies to ensure provision of contraception and medication related to contraception Subject to subsection (c), a pharmacy that receives...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Access to Birth Control Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Key Policy Areas

Healthcare, Trade, Civil Rights

Primary Purpose

This bill, Access to Birth Control Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Policy Domains

Healthcare Trade Civil Rights

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • health care providers and patients
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health care providers and patients: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • health care providers and patients
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federal implementing agencies: ,
health care providers and patients: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Aug 1, 2025

Star Print ordered on the bill.

Jul 16, 2025

Mr. Booker (for himself, Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Baldwin, …

Jul 16, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, …

Jul 16, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Healthcare Trade Civil Rights
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

2 terms
"pharmacy" §H84387947A5BF4053AF020D5ACDFC7A39

an entity that— (A)is authorized by a State to engage in the business of selling prescription drugs at retail

"pharmacy" §HD909F0AD64E04832899F1CF9C3DEBD57

an entity that— is authorized by a State to engage in the business of selling prescription drugs at retail

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