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Women's Public Health and Safety Act
(Sec. 2) This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to modify requirements regarding a state plan for medical assistance. Under current law, a state plan for medical assistance must provide that any individual eligible for medical assistance may obtain required services from any institution, agency, or person qualified to perform them. The bill specifies that a state may not be required to provide medical assistance for services furnished by any individual or entity based on the individual's or entity's involvement in abortions.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 3495 as passed House without amendment on Sep 29, 2015. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
Sep 29, 2015Each bar: ✓ Yea from the bottom, ✕ Nay aboveSep 29, 2015
House Sep 29, 2015 · the primary vote
Women’s Public Health and Safety Act
Passed
236 Yea 193 Nay 5 not voting
Party-line vote 11 of 429 voting members broke with their own party: 2 Democrats, 9 Republicans.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
434 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 3495 and vote against it. 0 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 3495 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
25 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.