HB 461 — An Act providing for Commonwealth funding safety and transparency.

PRINTER'S NO.   469

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 461
                                                Session of
                                                  2025

     INTRODUCED BY DALEY, CURRY, MAYES, HILL-EVANS, PROBST, GIRAL,
        SANCHEZ, GUENST, HANBIDGE, DONAHUE, HOHENSTEIN, SCHLOSSBERG,
        OTTEN, KHAN, SHUSTERMAN, GREEN AND CEPEDA-FREYTIZ,
        FEBRUARY 4, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, FEBRUARY 4, 2025


                                     AN ACT
 1   Providing for Commonwealth funding safety and transparency.
 2      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 3   hereby enacts as follows:
 4   Section 1.     Short title.
 5      This act shall be known and may be cited as the Commonwealth
 6   Funding Safety and Transparency Act.
 7   Section 2.     Transparency.
 8      (a)   Prohibition.--A nonprofit agency or any subcontractor or
 9   service provider of the nonprofit agency that receives funding
10   from the Commonwealth to promote childbirth and provide
11   alternatives to abortion may not provide false or misleading
12   information in the provision of or advertisement of services.
13      (b)   Compliance.--Advertising that uses money provided by the
14   Commonwealth:
15            (1)   Must comply with the act of December 20, 2015
16      (P.L.497, No.90), known as the Taxpayer-Funded Advertising
 1      Transparency Act.
 2            (2)   May not provide false or misleading information.
 3      (c)   Duties of nonprofit agencies.--A nonprofit agency shall
 4   ensure that its subcontractors and service providers that
 5   administer health care services, including pregnancy tests,
 6   counseling and postdelivery support:
 7            (1)   Meet the requirements of the patient safety
 8      provisions of section 315 of the act of March 20, 2002
 9      (P.L.154, No.13), known as the Medical Care Availability and
10      Reduction of Error (Mcare) Act.
11            (2)   Comply with the same regulations as apply to a
12      health care facility subject to section 806(h) of the act of
13      July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), known as the Health Care
14      Facilities Act.
15            (3)   Do not provide false or misleading information in
16      the provision of or advertisement of services.
17      (d)   Health care services.--Health care services, including
18   pregnancy tests, counseling and postdelivery support, provided
19   by a nonprofit agency and its subcontractors and service
20   providers, must comply with the nationally recognized standards
21   published by the American Medical Association and the American
22   College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
23      (e)   Program training and materials.--Program training and
24   materials from a nonprofit agency and its subcontractors and
25   service providers must include the full range of contraceptive
26   options approved by the United States Food and Drug
27   Administration.
28   Section 3.     Violations.
29      A nonprofit agency that fails to comply with this act shall
30   not be eligible to receive State funding or State tax

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1   incentives.
2   Section 4.    Effective date.
3      This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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