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This bill requires states that use federal Medicaid funds to pay for abortion-related services to submit detailed annual reports about those payments. Specifically, states must provide a report within 60 days of each fiscal year's end, which must be published on a public state website and submitted to the federal government. The reports must include specifics like the amount of each payment to abortion providers, the purpose of the payment, a comparison to prior years' payments, the number of abortions performed, the gestational age of those abortions, and the abortion methods used. The bill defines "abortion" as the intentional termination of a pregnancy, and "abortion provider" as an entity that performs or refers for abortions. After receiving these state reports, the Secretary of Health and Human Services must then compile a comprehensive report to Congress within 90 days, which will summarize the state-level data and be published on a public website. The bill also makes a conforming amendment to the Social Security Act to require states to comply with these new reporting requirements as a condition of receiving federal Medicaid funding.

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