Sec. 510. Emergency contraception education and information programs
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The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall develop and disseminate to the public medically accurate and complete information on emergency contraception. The Secretary may disseminate medically accurate and complete information under paragraph
(1)directly or through arrangements with nonprofit organizations, community health workers including promotoras, consumer groups, institutions of higher education, clinics, the media, and Federal, State, and local agencies. The information disseminated under paragraph
(1)shall— include, at a minimum, a description of emergency contraception and an explanation of the use, safety, efficacy, and availability of such contraception and options for no-copay access through insurance; and be pilot tested for consumer comprehension, cultural and linguistic appropriateness, and acceptance of the messages across geographically, racially, ethnically, and linguistically diverse populations. The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration and in consultation with major medical and public health organizations, shall develop and disseminate to health care providers information on emergency contraception. The information disseminated under paragraph
(1)shall include, at a minimum— information describing the use, safety, efficacy, availability of emergency contraception, and options for no-copay access through insurance; a recommendation regarding the use of such contraception; and information explaining how to obtain copies of the information developed under subsection
(a)for distribution to the patients of the providers. In this section: The term emergency contraception means a drug or device (as the terms are defined in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 321 )) or a drug regimen that— is used postcoitally; prevents pregnancy primarily by preventing or delaying ovulation, and does not terminate an established pregnancy; and is approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The term health care provider means an individual who is licensed or certified under State law to provide health care services and who is operating within the scope of such license. Such term shall include a pharmacist. The term institution of higher education has the same meaning given such term in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1001(a) ). The term medically accurate and complete means, with respect to information, activities, or services verified or supported by the weight of research conducted in compliance with accepted scientific methods and— published in peer-reviewed journals, where applicable; or comprising information that leading professional organizations and agencies with relevant expertise in the field recognize as accurate, objective, and complete. The term Secretary means the Secretary of Health and Human Services. There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2019 through 2023.
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