3.0.0 1722 2023-01-13T04:50:01Z 2023-01-13T04:50:01Z Senate S S 2005-09-19 109 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-09-19T21:21:22Z Advancing FASD Research, Prevention, and Services Act 109 4212 HR 2006-03-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education. Related bill CRS 2006-09-08 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9249-9250) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-09-19 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10189-10193) IntroReferral 2005-09-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK N J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2005-09-19 True C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN 2005-09-19 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2005-09-19 True D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2005-09-19 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2005-09-19 True L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2006-04-27 False B001126 Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT] CONRAD BURNS R MT R. 2006-04-27 False B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2006-06-05 False D000596 Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN] MARK DAYTON D MN 2006-06-07 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2006-07-10 False Health Adoption Alcohol and women Alcohol and youth Authorization Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Child development Child health Child welfare Clinics Community health services Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Curricula Demography Department of Education Department of Health and Human Services Disabled Drug abuse Drug abuse treatment Drug therapy Economics and Public Finance Education Elementary and secondary education Employee training Epidemiology Families Family services Federal aid to Indians Federal aid to health facilities Federal aid to research Fetal alcohol syndrome Foster home care Government Operations and Politics Governmental investigations Health education Health surveys Higher education Hospital care Housing and Community Development Housing subsidies Human behavior Indian medical care Job hunting Juvenile delinquency Labor and Employment Law Legal education Maternal health services Medical education Medical research Medical screening Medical statistics Mental health Mental health services Mentoring Minorities Minority health National Institutes of Health (NIH) Native Americans Neurology Parent-school relationships Pregnant women Preventive medicine Prison administration Prisoners Prisons Public service advertising Rehabilitation of criminals Research grants Respite care School administration School health programs School-age child care Science, Technology, Communications Sex education Social Welfare Social work Special education Strategic planning Teacher education Teenage pregnancy Vocational and technical education Women Women's health Health 00 2005-09-19 Introduced in Senate 2005-12-21T16:09:42Z Advancing FASD Research, Prevention, and Services Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a research agenda for the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) and facilitate surveillance and prevention of such disorders.

Requires the Secretary to award grants for individuals with FASD, including to: (1) establish programs of surveillance, prevention, and treatment for such individuals; (2) identify best practices for educating affected children, educating officials in the criminal justice system on coping with such individuals, and educating adoption or foster care agency officials about services for children with FASD; and (3) provide for transitional services for such individuals, for respite care for their caretakers, and for increased awareness and identification of FASD at health centers.

Requires: (1) the Secretary to provide for continuation of the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; and (2) the Comptroller General to evaluate and make recommendations regarding appropriate federal FASD activities.

Requires the Secretary to issue public service announcements to raise awareness of the risks associated with alcohol consumption during pregnancy.

Requires the National Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders to identify and describe the ten most important actions that must be taken to reduce prenatal alcohol exposure and all its adverse outcomes.

Requires the Secretary of Education to direct the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services to take certain actions with regard to individuals with FASD, including implementing screening procedures and introducing curricula on how to educate children with such disorders.

Requires the Attorney General to direct the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to take certain actions with regard to individuals with FASD, including educating officials on how to treat such individuals, studying the inadequacies of the current system for dealing with such individuals, and developing transition programs for such individuals who are released from incarceration.

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