A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve reproductive health care of individuals with disabilities.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4540 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4540 To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve reproductive health care of individuals with disabilities. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 14, 2026 Mrs. Murray (for herself, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Alsobrooks, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Mr. Fetterman, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Hassan, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Markey, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Schiff, Ms. Smith, Ms. Warren, Mr. Welch, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mr. Wyden) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve reproductive health care of individuals with disabilities. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Reproductive Health Care Accessibility Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) In the United States, approximately 1 in 4 adults have some type of disability, more than 1 in 10 individuals with disabilities can become pregnant, and over 4,100,000 individuals are parents with disabilities. (2) All people, including individuals with disabilities, have the right to decide if, when, and how to start and raise a family, as well as to have healthy pregnancies and postpartum periods. (3) Titles II and III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12131 et seq. and 12181 et seq.), section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), and section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18116) provide individuals with disabilities with the right to equitably access and receive health care. (4)