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Final Title X Regulation Changes, Implications and What's Ahead
On Monday, March 4, 2019, the Trump Administration
published final regulations for the federal Title X family planning program
that could dramatically reshape the safety-net program. Some of the major
changes in the new regulations focus on disqualifying providers who offer
abortion services from the Title X program and banning participating providers
from referring patients to others who can provide abortions. Clinics that
have been offering women reproductive health care with the support of Title X
funds may now be faced with the need to either lay off staff, reduce services
or hours, or in some cases, close their doors. As a result, these regulations
will leave more women with fewer options to obtain time-sensitive,
affordable, and high quality family planning care for their reproductive
health.
A new KFF issue brief reviews the final provisions
highlighting changes from current rules and the implications for low-income
people and the providers who serve them. The brief also provides
information on historical and current legal challenges to Title X
regulations. Over 20 states and several other organizations have filed
federal court motions to block the final regulations from going into effect
in the coming months.
In addition to the brief, KFF’s Alina Salganicoff,
Vice President and Director of Women’s Health Policy, answered three
questions about the final regulations recently in the new feature Ask KFF.
Filling the need for trusted information on
national health issues, the Kaiser Family Foundation is a
nonprofit organization based in San Francisco, California.
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Monday, March 11, 2019
Final Title X Regulation Changes, Implications and What's Ahead
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