To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage to permit enrollees to obtain a 365-day supply of contraceptives.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4816.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. UNDERWOOD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 125, July 20, 2023, Page H3891):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Health Care
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 20, 2023 ↗

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  101 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4816, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4816

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6587d016b755d10dc624c2adce790a32a714b7e2d17b1ca2ff2995dc6b3312bd

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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