United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 656 (115th)
Women's Public Health and Safety Act
Introduced
24 January 2017
Last action
—
Status
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Sponsors
—
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
11 August 2025
Summary
Women's Public Health and Safety Act This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to allow a state to exclude from participation in the state's Medicaid program a provider that performs an abortion, unless: (1) the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest, or (2) the woman suffers from a physical issue that would place her in danger of death unless an abortion is performed. (Under current law, a state plan for medical assistance must provide that any individual eligible for medical assistance may obtain required services from any provider qualified to perform them.)
This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.
Timeline
No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 24 January 2017
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 24 January 2017
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 24 January 2017
Sponsors
No sponsors or actors listed by the source.
Related records
No cross-record relationships stored yet.
Sources
PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.
- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/656
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/656