LARC Access Expansion Act

(l) Demonstration program for health centers for increasing access to certain contraceptive methods

(1) Awards. The Secretary may award grant funds to eligible health centers to use telehealth capabilities to increase women’s access to certain contraceptive methods and address known barriers to such access.

(2) Eligible health centers. To be eligible to seek a grant under this subsection, a health center shall—

(A) not be receiving any funds under title X;

(B) be receiving funds under other provisions of this section; and

(C) certify that, during the period of receiving assistance under this subsection, the health center will not perform, and will not provide any funds to any other entity that performs, an abortion.

(3) Use of funds

(A) In general. An eligible health center receiving grant funds under paragraph (1) shall use such funds to establish a consortium, composed of such entities as the Secretary may specify, to coordinate the voluntary provision of long-acting reversible contraception at community clinics through telehealth resources—

(i) to increase women’s access to the full range of long-acting reversible contraception at community clinics, including for women residing in rural counties or rural census tracts in urban counties as designated by the Secretary; and

(ii) to provide patient consultations prior to prescribing a form of long-acting reversible contraception and making a referral to a physician to provide such contraception.

(B) Composition of consortium. The voluntary consortium under subparagraph (A)—

(i) shall be composed of such entities as the Secretary determines appropriate; and

(ii) may include rural hospitals; rural community-based ambulatory patient care centers (including rural health clinics); health centers operated by an Indian Tribe, Tribal organization, or urban Indian organization; and graduate medical education consortia.

(4) Limitation. No funds provided through a grant under this subsection may be used with respect to long-acting reversible contraception intended for use as emergency contraception.