Reporting Accountability and Abuse Prevention Act of 2026

Sponsor: Lloyd Smucker (Republican-PA)January 7, 2026

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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Requires health clinics getting federal money to follow state laws on reporting abuse and violence.

This bill would make sure that health clinics receiving federal money for family planning and related services follow state and local laws for reporting abuse. These clinics would need to create plans, train staff, and keep records to show they are reporting child abuse, sexual abuse, and other violence. If they don't, they could lose their funding.

What Would Change

Today, federal law does not specifically require organizations getting federal money for family planning and related health services to follow all state and local laws for reporting child abuse, sexual abuse, and other violence. If this bill becomes law, these organizations would be federally required to follow all such state and local laws as a condition of receiving or renewing their grants. They would also need to implement specific compliance plans, conduct annual training, provide counseling to minors, perform preliminary screenings, and maintain detailed records, facing penalties for noncompliance.

Key Provisions

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make following state and local abuse reporting laws a condition for getting federal health grants.
Requires organizations getting federal health grants to create and carry out a plan for following state abuse reporting laws, including annual staff training.
Requires these organizations to provide counseling to every minor patient on how to resist sexual coercion.
Requires these organizations to screen minors for signs of victimization if they have a sexually transmitted disease, are pregnant, or if abuse is suspected.
Requires organizations to keep detailed records of minor patient ages and all abuse reports made under state laws.

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Reporting Accountability and Abuse Prevention Act of 2026

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