S 1990 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Emergency Contraception Education Act

Introduced Mar 6, 2002 Originated Senate Sponsor Patty Murray D-WA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 6, 2002 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1600)

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedMar 6, 2002
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Emergency Contraception Education Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop and disseminate to the public information on emergency contraception.

Requires that the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to develop and disseminate to health care providers information on emergency contraception.

Requires that the information disseminated to health care providers include at a minimum: (1) information describing the use, safety, efficacy, and availability of emergency contraception; (2) a recommendation regarding its use in appropriate cases; and (3) information explaining how to obtain copies of information from the CDC.

Cosponsors 9

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 6, 2002 to Sep 13, 2002, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Barbara Boxer	Original	Mar 6, 2002
D-NJ	Jon S. Corzine	Original	Mar 6, 2002
D-WA	Maria Cantwell	Original	Mar 6, 2002
D-NY	Hillary Rodham Clinton		Apr 18, 2002
R-ME	Olympia J. Snowe		Apr 18, 2002
I-VT	James M. Jeffords		May 7, 2002
D-RI	Jack Reed		Sep 5, 2002
D-MN	Mark Dayton		Sep 5, 2002
D-DE	Thomas R. Carper		Sep 13, 2002

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 6, 2002Introduced in Senate
Mar 6, 2002Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1600)

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 3887	Emergency Contraception Education Act	Identical bill	Apr 2, 2002

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

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