Dive Brief:
- A year after enactment, H.R. 3134 would prohibit federal funding of Planned Parenthood or any of its affiliates and clinics unless they certify they will not perform and will not provide any funds to any other entity that performs an abortion during that period.
- The effects of the bill on federal spending are uncertain.
- These effects would mostly depend on the extent individuals who otherwise would obtain Medicaid-funded services from Planned Parenthood would continue services via Planned Parenthood without Medicaid reimbursement, obtain services from other health clinics that receive Medicaid reimbursement or no longer obtain those services.
Dive Insight:
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that the outcome would be a reduction in direct spending of $235 million from 2016 to 2025. Since enactment of the bill would affect direct spending, pay-as-you-go procedures apply, but it would not affect revenues.
H.R. 3134 does not contain any intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act.