North Carolina lawmakers are moving forward with a bill that would end the state Medicaid program’s work with Planned Parenthood. The bill would also require medical providers to share more information with patients about the cost of their services.

The proposed changes to the state’s Medicaid program emerged this week in House Bill 192 , which Republican lawmakers recently rewrote. The bill, which the GOP-controlled state Senate passed along party lines Monday, directs the state Department of Health and Human Services to disenroll Planned Parenthood as a Medicaid provider and seek the same services elsewhere. It goes next to the House, where Republicans also have a majority. The bill is one of several pieces of legislation that Republican lawmakers hope to send to North Carolina Gov. J

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