S.Amdt. 2071

SA 2071. Mr. CASSIDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 4381, to protect an individual's ability to
access contraceptives and to engage in contraception and to protect a
health care provider's ability to provide contraceptives,
contraception, and information related to contraception; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. ACCURATE VITAL STATISTICS DATA FOR ACCESS TO CARE.

(a) In General.-- Not later than 2 years after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Director of the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (referred to in this section
as the ``Director''), in consultation with the heads of
relevant Federal departments and agencies, State, local,
Tribal and territorial health officials, and relevant
stakeholders, shall update--
(1) the United States Standard Certificate of Live Birth to
include attempted abortion as a method of delivery; and
(2) abortion surveillance data collection tools to include
data on attempted abortions that resulted in a live birth.
(b) Guidance.--The Director shall develop and issue
guidance and training materials to facilitate adoption of the
updates under subsection (a) by State, local, Tribal, and
territorial health officials and relevant health care
entities.
(c) Referral.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services,
in consultation with the Director, shall develop a program
for abortion survivors identified by States and territories
through vital statistics and data collection tools described
in subsection (a) to enable such States and territories to
connect such survivors with applicable Federal programs
related to the provision of health care and social services
for vulnerable newborn and infant children.
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