Bill > H4639

This bill establishes the Reproductive Empowerment and Support Through Optimal Restoration (RESTORE) Act, which aims to improve reproductive health research, education, and medical care in South Carolina. The legislation focuses on expanding understanding and treatment of reproductive health conditions like endometriosis, polycystic ovary syndrome, and infertility, which affect approximately 11% of women and 9% of men in the United States. The bill requires the Department of Public Health to collect data on reproductive health conditions, implement research initiatives, develop educational programs, and update healthcare professional training standards. It mandates that Title X-funded facilities include fertility awareness-based methods in their services and ensures that entities providing restorative reproductive medicine are not excluded from grants. The bill also seeks to develop new diagnostic and procedural codes for reproductive health conditions and recommends federal review of existing medical coding systems. Additionally, the legislation protects healthcare providers' rights to decline participation in reproductive treatments that conflict with their religious or moral beliefs and emphasizes a holistic approach to reproductive health that focuses on understanding and restoring natural reproductive functions rather than suppressing or circumventing them.

Health and Social Services

https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4639&session=126&summary=B