Conservatorships Immoral Relationship with Contraception in the United States Act or the CIRCUS Act
This bill excludes from participation in federal health care programs providers who (1) require the approval of the conservator before removing a contraceptive device from an individual under a conservatorship, or (2) prescribe birth control medications to an individual under a conservatorship without that individual's written consent.
To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to exclude from Federal 
  health care programs health care providers performing certain acts 
    forcing contraception with respect to individuals subject to a 
                            conservatorship.

    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 ``Conservatorships Immoral 
Relationship with Contraception in the United States Act'' or the 
``CIRCUS Act''.

SEC. 2. EXCLUDING FROM FEDERAL HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS HEALTH CARE 
              PROVIDERS PERFORMING CERTAIN ACTS FORCING CONTRACEPTION 
              WITH RESPECT TO INDIVIDUALS SUBJECT TO A CONSERVATORSHIP.

    Section 1128(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a-7(a)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(5) Certain acts forcing contraception with respect to 
        individuals subject to conservatorship.--Any health care 
        provider that on or after the date of the enactment of this 
        paragraph--
                    ``(A) denies the removal of an intrauterine device 
                or other contraceptive device from an individual who is 
                subject to a conservatorship by reason of the 
                conservator not approving of such removal; or
                    ``(B) knowingly prescribes birth control medication 
                (including any method of contraception approved or 
                otherwise authorized by the Food and Drug 
                Administration) to an individual subject to a 
                conservatorship without the written consent of such 
                individual.''.
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CIRCUS Act
To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to exclude from Federal health care programs health care providers performing certain acts forcing contraception with respect to individuals subject to a conservatorship.
CIRCUS Act
Conservatorships Immoral Relationship with Contraception in the United States Act
Rep. Smith, Jason