Current Legislation

☑️ SIGNED by Governor Shapiro

☑️ Introduced by Rep Fiedler (D-184)

☑️ This bill holds medical professionals accountable for obtaining and upholding informed consent from patients prior to conducting pelvic, rectal, and prostate examinations, whether the patient is conscious or under anesthesia.

☑️ Current Status: Passed House, Introduced in Senate 

☑️ Introduced by Rep Krueger

☑️ This bill requires insurance providers to provide coverage for “all contraceptive drugs, devices or other products” and ensures that Pennsylvanians are able to get safe, confidential contraceptive care from their health care providers without copays or other cost barriers.

☑️ Current Status: Passed House

☑️ Introduced by Rep Sappey 

☑️ This bill seeks to improve healthcare outcomes by requiring health insurers to provide telemedicine coverage. Telehealth services include a range of options, including contraceptives and medication abortion, which can be safely administered virtually. 

☑️ Telehealth is a proven strategy for expanding access to abortion, especially for those living in rural areas who would otherwise need to travel long distances or experience long wait times in order to receive the care they need.

☑️ Current Status: Passed the House

☑️ Introduced by Rep Cephas

☑️ This bill addresses maternal mortality for women of color by extending Medicaid coverage to doula services. This bill is currently under Senate consideration in the Health and Human Services Committee.

☑️ Introduced by Rep Daley (D-148)

☑️ ​​This bill intends to prevent the incarceration of abortion-seekers who have accessed care in Pennsylvania or other states. 

☑️ This legislation will effectively end collaboration between Pennsylvania courts and out-of-state civil and criminal cases involving reproductive healthcare services.

☑️ Rep. Guenst (D-152)

☑️ This bill implements a clear statewide policy for all public schools to prohibit discrimination and harassment towards students based on actual or perceived sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or expression through anti-discrimination policy, harassment prevention, and early intervention policies to create a supportive and equal opportunity learning environment.

☑️ Rep. Hohenstein (D-177)

☑️ This bill includes a proposal that ensures an inclusive public school curriculum. By requiring and developing age-appropriate curriculum for K-12 students, students will better understand and appreciate the experiences, perspectives, and social, political, and economic contributions of LGBTQ individuals, urging the school to maintain an equal representation of all student identities.

☑️ Rep. Takac (D-82)

☑️ This bill ensures every school district has a clear anti-discrimination and anti-harassment policy for queer, trans, and non-binary students. The legislation's goals include: protecting trans and nonbinary students from bullying, establishing best practices for students and their families during a student’s transitioning period, and respecting students’ privacy and their preferred identity and pronouns.

☑️ Current Status: Passed the House, Introduced in the Senate 

☑️ Introduced by Rep Fielder

☑️ This bill would do the following: (1) establish the Prenatal and Postpartum Counseling and Screening Act, (2) require clinicians to provide information, resources, and materials relating to postpartum depression, and (3) require medical professionals to conduct screenings for postpartum depression. This bill aims to spread awareness about the onset of postpartum depression and available treatment options.

☑️ Current Status: Passed the House, Introduced in the Senate 

☑️ Introduced by Rep Mayes  

☑️ This bill establishes a program through a partnership with nonprofits and the Department of Health to provide newborn and postpartum supplies to new parents.

☑️ Current Status: Passed the House, Introduced in the Senate 

☑️ Introduced by Rep Steele

☑️ This bill will require insurance companies to provide coverage for in-home blood pressure monitors. By encouraging pregnant folks to monitor their blood pressure levels, this bill lowers the risk of maternal and neonatal mortality.

☑️ Rep. Howard (D-167)

☑️ This bill is the most comprehensive abortion access bill in PA history. HB 2304 eliminates the majority of restrictions on abortion care, including the mandated 24 hour waiting period and Medicaid restrictions on abortions. In addition, this bill expands the scope of abortion care providers to include midwives, physician assistants, and certified registered nurse practitioners. 

☑️ Introduced by Rep Khan

☑️ This bill removes the requirement that abortion clinics meet the same regulations as ambulatory surgical centers. The legislation will also remove the excessive mandate that abortion providers maintain admitting privileges or have transfer agreements at hospitals, which only blocks access to care. Our legislation would remove providers' excessive barriers in delivering health care to Pennsylvanians and expand access to a key type of health care.

☑️ Introduced by Rep Shusterman

☑️ This bill aims to remove the 24 hour waiting period and counseling requirements for abortion care, which are currently mandated under PA law. HB 2463 is currently under consideration in the House.

☑️ Introduced by Rep Shusterman

☑️ This bill works to codify protections for critical emergency abortion care. In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to protect emergency abortions, Pennsylvania aims to maintain our current standards of emergency care.

☑️ SIGNED by Governor Shapiro

✖️ Introduced by Sen Kim Ward (R-39) 

☑️ This bill amends a prior Act, known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in order to provide coverage for mammographic examinations, diagnostic breast imaging, breast cancer related genetic counseling, and genetic testing in order to promote earlier breast cancer screenings. 

☑️ SIGNED by Governor Shapiro

☑️ Introduced by Sen Schwank (D-11) 

☑️ This legislation permits cases of “severe maternal morbidity” complications to be reported to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. The Pennsylvania Maternal Mortality Review Committee is responsible for submitting these reports to the department.

☑️ Current status: Introduced to the Senate Labor and Industry Committee 

☑️ Introduced by Sen Robinson 

☑️ This legislation would establish a statewide medical leave insurance program to support paid family leave, pregnancy leave, recovery from serious health issues, and/or care for a close family member.  

☑️ This program would be administered by the Department of Labor & Industry. Insurance benefits will be determined on a graduated scale based on a percentage of the statewide average weekly wage to ensure the program provides adequate wage replacement for lower wage workers. 

☑️ Workers are able to utilize the fund as needed while keeping their jobs and returning to work. 

☑️ Introduced by Senator Vogel

☑️ This bill mandates that health insurance policies in Pennsylvania provide coverage for telemedicine services, ensuring they meet the same standards as in-person care. Additionally, SB 739 specifies the standard of care for health care providers using telemedicine and includes coverage for the Medical Assistance program and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

✖️ Current status: House consideration 

☑️ Sponsored by Rep Monroe 

✖️ This bill would require parental consent for anyone 16 and under to sign up for a social media account. It would also require social media companies to monitor the chats for minors

✖️ Additionally, this bill threatens the First Amendment rights of young people

✖️ Will likely have dire consequences for young people, especially vulnerable youth, 

✖️ Would invite parental surveillance, potentially denying kids access to online support or help, 

✖️ Would define causing “harm” to minors in broad, subjective, and unenforceable ways; and 

✖️ Begs important monitoring and enforcement questions

✖️ Current status: Introduced to House Judiciary 

✖️ Sponsored by Rep Leadbeter

✖️ This bill is a severely transphobic bill that was introduced to completely infringe on queer and trans children’s identities and freedoms. 

✖️ This bill will grant civil immunity to any parent who refuses to their child’s preferred pronouns or refuses to consent to gender affirming medical services.

✖️ Current status: Introduced to House Judiciary 

✖️ Sponsored by Rep Leadbeter

✖️ This bill, in custody matters, will protect a parent’s refusal to use a child’s preferred pronouns and/or deny them gender affirming care in court during custody disputes.

✖️ Current status: Introduced to House Judiciary 

✖️ Sponsored by Rep Kaufmann

✖️ This bill will grant civil immunity to any person that refuses to use another person’s preferred pronouns.