Reduce reproductive healthcare costs

To keep reproductive health care services and medications affordable, Alliance Governors have shared practical strategies to increase Medicaid reimbursement rates, bundle billing codes, and enact other novel affordability and workforce expansion measures.
BWA Providing Information on Essential Care
  • Guam
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  • Guam
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    BWA Providing Information on Essential Care

    Under Governor Leon Guerrero’s leadership, the Guam Bureau of Women’s Affairs (BWA) regularly provides up-to-date information regarding free prenatal care and birth services for indigent clients in Guam; free access to various methods of birth control; access to emergency contraceptives; and abortion access. In doing so, the BWA provides essential information, including a list of providers, to patients and Guamanians, ensuring that they can access critical care.
    House Bill 7214
  • Connecticut
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  • Connecticut
    •  February 6, 2026

    House Bill 7214

    In July 2025, Governor Lamont signed House Bill 7214 into law. The law establishes a task force to study perinatal health care and requires the Commissioner of Public Health to convene an advisory committee to study doula-friendly practices in hospitals.
    Investment in Planned Parenthood Funding
  • Illinois
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  • Illinois
    •  December 23, 2025

    Investment in Planned Parenthood Funding

    On December 23, 2025, The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) is investing $4 million in Medicaid family planning programming. The move comes after the passage of H.R. 1, a federal law that prohibits Planned Parenthood providers from receiving Medicaid funding.
    Investment in Planned Parenthood and Title X Funding
  • Connecticut
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  • Connecticut
    •  December 18, 2025

    Investment in Planned Parenthood and Title X Funding

    On December 18, 2025, Governor Lamont made $8.5 million available to Planned Parenthood of Southern New England. The move comes after the passage of H.R. 1, a federal law that prohibits Planned Parenthood providers from receiving Medicaid funding. Governor Lamont awarded another $1.9 million to replace frozen federal Title X funding for family planning and related preventive health services.
    Emergency Funding for Planned Parenthood
  • Oregon
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  • Oregon
    •  November 18, 2025

    Emergency Funding for Planned Parenthood

    On November 18, 2025, the Oregon Legislature Joint Emergency Board approved $7.5 million in emergency funding for the state’s Planned Parenthood affiliate. The move comes after the passage of H.R. 1, a federal law that prohibits Planned Parenthood providers from receiving Medicaid funding. Roughly 70% of the patients seen at Planned Parenthood in Oregon have Medicaid, and 12 Planned Parenthood centers throughout the state received approximately $17 million in Medicaid reimbursements last year.
    Investment to Planned Parenthood and Family Planning Clinics
  • New York
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  • New York
    •  October 24, 2025

    Investment to Planned Parenthood and Family Planning Clinics

    On October 23, 2025, Governor Kathy Hochul announced that the state of New York will fully cover one year of Medicaid funds for Planned Parenthood in the state (over $35 million).The move comes after the passage of H.R. 1, a federal law that prohibits Planned Parenthood providers from receiving Medicaid funding. Over 200,000 patients, including 100,000 Medicaid patients, receive health care across 47 Planned Parenthood health centers in New York each year.
    Investment to Planned Parenthood Health Centers
  • California
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  • California
    •  October 23, 2025

    Investment to Planned Parenthood Health Centers

    In October 2025, Governor Newsom announced over $140 million in state funding to support Planned Parenthood health care centers in the state. The move comes after the passage of H.R. 1, a federal law that prohibits Planned Parenthood providers from receiving Medicaid funding.  Over 1 million patients receive health care at California’s Planned Parenthood affiliate, which operates 109 health centers across the state.
    Investment to Planned Parenthood Health Centers; Senate Bill 25B-2
  • Colorado
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  • Colorado
    •  October 23, 2025

    Investment to Planned Parenthood Health Centers; Senate Bill 25B-2

    In August 2025, Governor Jared Polis signed Senate Bill 25B-2 into law, which allows the use of state funds to provide Medicaid reimbursements for reproductive health care providers, including Planned Parenthood. The move comes after the passage of H.R. 1, a federal law that prohibits Planned Parenthood providers from receiving Medicaid funding. SB 25B-2 orders the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, which administers the state’s Medicaid program, to use appropriated funds to reimburse health care providers that were prohibited from receiving federal Medicaid reimbursements. The bill explicitly states that providers are not eligible for state-only funds if they are eligible for CMS reimbursement.
    Prop. 35 Funding Distributed
  • California
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  • California
    •  October 2, 2025

    Prop. 35 Funding Distributed

    In September 2025, The California Department of Health Care Access and Information began distributing $90 million in Prop. 35 funding, a voter-approved initiative for family planning and abortion care grants.
    Investment to Planned Parenthood and Family Planning Clinics: House Bills 1 and 2
  • New Mexico
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  • New Mexico
    •  October 2, 2025

    Investment to Planned Parenthood and Family Planning Clinics: House Bills 1 and 2

    In October 2025, Governor Lujan Grisham signed House Bill 1 and House Bill 2 into law, which provide $3 million for Planned Parenthood and its health care clinics across the state. The move comes after the passage of H.R. 1, a federal law that prohibits Planned Parenthood providers from receiving Medicaid funding.