H.R.2596: To establish certain duties for pharmacies to ensure provision of Food and Drug Administration-approved contraception, and for other purposes.

To establish certain duties for pharmacies to ensure provision of Food and Drug Administration-approved contraception, and for other purposes. 6/6/2007--Introduced. Access to Birth Control Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require pharmacies to comply with certain rules related to contraceptives, including: (1) providing a customer a contraceptive without delay if it is in stock; (2) immediately informing a customer if the contraceptive is not in stock and either transferring the prescription to a pharmacy that has the contraceptive in stock or expediting the ordering of the contraceptive and notifying the customer when it arrives, based on customer preference; and (3) ensuring that pharmacy employees do not take certain actions relating to a request for contraception, including intimidating, threatening, or harassing customers, interfering with or obstructing the delivery of services, intentionally misrepresenting or deceiving customers about the availability [...]

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