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This bill establishes the "Supporting Women Act", which creates a grant program administered by the Commissioner of Health to provide funding to nonprofit women's pregnancy centers and maternity homes. The grants can be used to support, encourage, and assist pregnant women in carrying their pregnancies to term and caring for their children after birth. The bill also reduces an existing appropriation for sexual and reproductive health services grants and appropriates $4,500,000 in fiscal year 2025 for the new grant program, with $3,000,000 going to women's pregnancy centers and $1,500,000 going to maternity homes.