Women's Access to Care Act
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Women's Access to Care Act - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to require a group health plan or a health insurance issuer to permit a woman participant to designate a physician who specializes in obstetrics and gynecology as her primary care provider (with authority to order further gynecological care) in addition to, or in lieu of, a non-obstetrics and gynecology primary care provider. Prohibits a plan or issuer from requiring, in the case of a woman not making such designation, primary care provider referral for routine gynecological care and pregnancy-related services. Amends the Public Health Service Act and the Internal Revenue Code to apply those requirements to health insurance in the individual market.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on HELP.
- Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 697: Women's Access to Care Act. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-697/
"S. 697: Women's Access to Care Act." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-697/.
S. 697, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-697/.
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