Ensuring Enforcement and Implementation of Abortion Restrictions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Headline: Requires federal agencies to prevent federal funds from paying for abortions
What it does: Agencies must develop and enforce accounting and segregation rules to prevent federal funds from paying for abortions.
- Requires insurance companies to segregate federal funds in exchange plans.
- Creates new auditing and accounting guidance for state insurance regulators.
- Forces community health centers to update grant practices to avoid federal abortion funding.
Summary
This order directs federal agencies to ensure federal money is not used to pay for abortion services, except in cases of rape, incest, or when the woman's life is at risk.
It requires the Office of Management and Budget and the Department of Health and Human Services to create model accounting and segregation guidelines for insurance exchanges and to provide rules and guidance states and insurers must follow.
The order also tells HHS to enforce existing restrictions on community health centers and update grant rules so recipients comply.
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