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This bill aims to improve abortion data reporting by establishing mandatory reporting requirements for states and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Specifically, the bill requires states to submit detailed abortion data to the CDC's abortion surveillance system as a condition of receiving Medicaid payments for family planning services. The mandatory data collection will include ten specific variables such as maternal age, gestational age, race, ethnicity, abortion method, marital status, previous pregnancy history, and maternal residence. States must submit this data annually by December 31 and certify its accuracy, with potential financial penalties for late or false reporting. The CDC will be responsible for creating a standardized data collection worksheet, maintaining an aggregate data surveillance system, and publishing annual reports on abortion data by December 30 of the third calendar year following data collection. The bill's findings highlight the current inconsistencies in abortion data reporting, noting that some states do not report any data and that past reporting has been voluntary, leading to incomplete national statistics. The goal is to improve public health policy analysis by ensuring comprehensive and accurate abortion data collection across all states and territories.

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