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
Providing for Commonwealth funding safety and transparency.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Commonwealth
Funding Safety and Transparency Act.
Section 2. Transparency.
(a) Prohibition.--A nonprofit agency or any subcontractor or
service provider of the nonprofit agency that receives funding
from the Commonwealth to promote childbirth and provide
alternatives to abortion may not provide false or misleading
information in the provision of or advertisement of services.
(b) Compliance.--Advertising that uses money provided by the
Commonwealth:
(1) Must comply with the act of December 20, 2015
(P.L.497, No.90), known as the Taxpayer-Funded Advertising
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Transparency Act.
(2) May not provide false or misleading information.
(c) Duties of nonprofit agencies.--A nonprofit agency shall
ensure that its subcontractors and service providers that
administer health care services, including pregnancy tests,
counseling and postdelivery support:
(1) Meet the requirements of the patient safety
provisions of section 315 of the act of March 20, 2002
(P.L.154, No.13), known as the Medical Care Availability and
Reduction of Error (Mcare) Act.
(2) Comply with the same regulations as apply to a
health care facility subject to section 806(h) of the act of
July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), known as the Health Care
Facilities Act.
(3) Do not provide false or misleading information in
the provision of or advertisement of services.
(d) Health care services.--Health care services, including
pregnancy tests, counseling and postdelivery support, provided
by a nonprofit agency and its subcontractors and service
providers, must comply with the nationally recognized standards
published by the American Medical Association and the American
College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
(e) Program training and materials.--Program training and
materials from a nonprofit agency and its subcontractors and
service providers must include the full range of contraceptive
options approved by the United States Food and Drug
Administration.
Section 3. Violations.
A nonprofit agency that fails to comply with this act shall
not be eligible to receive State funding or State tax
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incentives.
Section 4. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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