Coverage for Pregnancy-Related Services

Added a new section requiring that abortion care services reimbursed by state funds be paid for using state funds only, preventing other funding sources from being used.

Modified the federal confirmation timeline requirements to treat unreasonable federal delays as a preclusion from requiring state defrayal for abortion coverage.

Removed the 'Revised' header and replaced it with 'PREAMENDED' to indicate this is an unofficial version including committee amendments not yet adopted on second reading.

Added requirements for the division to submit determinations to the federal department of health and human services regarding whether abortion coverage constitutes an additional benefit requiring state defrayal.

Added implementation timelines requiring the division to implement coverage requirements within 12 months of federal confirmation or after 365 days if no federal response is received.

Changed the legislative version status from 'Rerevised' to 'Revised' and updated the amendment adoption language.

Removed references to '3rd Reading Unamended' and updated the date from April 6, 2025 to reflect the revised version status.

The bill was renumbered and reorganized from Final Act format to Rerevised format, adding official session information, committee assignments, and reading status dates.

Removed the note about the bill being prepared for signatures and the statement about checking legislative status sheets, which are procedural notes no longer needed in the revised version.

Added official session information including First Regular Session, Seventy-fifth General Assembly, and Rerevised status with all amendments adopted in the second house.

Updated sponsor lists to clearly separate Senate and House sponsorship with proper formatting and line breaks.

Added summary text explaining Amendment 79 and the bill's purpose of conforming state law to the constitutional amendment.

Removed page headers and footer notes that were present in the Final Act version but not needed in the Rerevised version.

Corrected a legal citation from '42 U.S.E.' to '42 U.S.C.' (United States Code) in multiple locations.

Fixed a formatting error in the religious beliefs exemption section where text was improperly split across lines.

Corrected a subsection reference from '(26)(O(I)' to '(26)(f)(I)' in the timeline section.

Added a note indicating the bill is prepared for signatures and directing readers to official legislative status resources.

Added 'abortion care' to the definition of family-planning-related services in multiple sections covering Medicaid and state health programs.

Created a new section allowing the state to reimburse abortion care services when provided under specific family planning programs, subject to constitutional limitations.

Expanded eligibility for abortion care coverage to include all enrolled pregnant persons in the Children's Basic Health Plan starting January 1, 2026.

Added requirements for the state health division to submit determinations to federal authorities about whether abortion coverage requires state defrayal, with specific timelines for implementation.

Modified religious exemption language to clarify that employers can refuse coverage if providing it conflicts with sincerely held religious beliefs.

Added provisions allowing the state controller to authorize expenditures in excess of appropriations for abortion care services.

Additional sponsors (Coleman, Jodeh, Marchman, Mullica, Roberts, Snyder, Sullivan) were added to the Senate sponsorship list.

The bill summary was updated to indicate '3rd Reading Unamended' status with a new date of March 12, 2025, and the header was changed from 'ENGROSSED' to 'REENGROSSED'.

Added Appropriations committee to the list of Senate committees overseeing the bill.

Added language to the bill title indicating it includes an appropriation.

Updated the bill header from 'Introduced' to 'Engrossed' to reflect the version with amendments.