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SAFE Training for OB-GYNs Act
Sponsored By: Representative Morrison, Kelly [D-MN-3]
Introduced
Summary
Expand cross-state training capacity for sexual and reproductive health care. This bill would create a new Health Resources and Services Administration grant program to fund graduate medical residency training in sexual and reproductive health, including abortion care, for clinicians who must leave their state because a covered State abortion law restricts in-state training.
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- Trainees and residents: Makes clinicians who are blocked by a covered State abortion law eligible for approved out-of-state residency training and reimburses travel and related expenses to complete that training.
- Residency programs and hospitals: Funds grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to establish, expand, or support approved graduate medical residency programs focused on sexual and reproductive health care.
- Patients and communities: Aims to keep training pipelines open so clinicians continue to receive reproductive health training, including abortion care, when state rules limit in-state opportunities.
*Would authorize $10.0 million per year in federal appropriations for fiscal years 2027 through 2031 to carry out the program, increasing federal spending by that amount if appropriated.*
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Out-of-State OB-GYN Training Help
If enacted, the bill would let HHS award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to approved residency programs. Grants would fund residency programs that provide sexual and reproductive health training, including abortion care. Grants would target trainees who must leave their State because a State law restricts abortion care. The program would also reimburse travel and related expenses for those trainees. The bill would authorize $10,000,000 for each fiscal year 2027 through 2031.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Morrison, Kelly [D-MN-3]
MN • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8]
WA • D
Sponsored 6/24/2026
Rep. Fletcher, Lizzie [D-TX-7]
TX • D
Sponsored 6/24/2026
Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
CA • D
Sponsored 6/24/2026
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 6/24/2026
Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1]
NM • D
Sponsored 6/24/2026
Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-6]
CA • D
Sponsored 6/24/2026
Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14]
FL • D
Sponsored 6/25/2026
Rep. Dexter, Maxine [D-OR-3]
OR • D
Sponsored 7/9/2026
Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]
NY • D
Sponsored 7/9/2026
Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]
NJ • D
Sponsored 8/31/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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