[20211006]IF11040_怀孕援助基金 .pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated October 6, 2021The Pregnancy Assistance Fund The Pregnancy Assistance Fund (PAF) grant program was established by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA; P.L. 111-148, as amended), which provided $25 million in annual mandatory funding for each of FY2010 through FY2019. (No new grants were issued after FY2019, effectively terminating the program; the ACA provisions that apply to the program have not been repealed.) The PAF focused on meeting the educational, social service, and health needs of vulnerable expectant and parenting individuals and their families during pregnancy and the postnatal period. The ACA identified eligible populations as expectant and parenting teens, college students, and women of any age who experience domestic violence, sexual violence, sexual assault, or stalking. Section 25003 of H.R. 5376, as reported by the House Budget Committee on September 27, 2021, would amend the ACA to reauthorize the PAF program by providing $25 million in mandatory funding for each of FY2022 through FY2024. (No changes would be made to the program itself.) For a discussion of issues associated with reauthorization that Congres