3.0.0 1437 2023-01-11T13:22:35Z 2023-01-11T13:22:35Z Senate S S 2011-07-28 112 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-07-28T16:13:30Z Communities of Color Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Act of 2011 112 2678 HR 2011-08-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2011-07-28 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2011-07-28 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5019-5020) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2011-07-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA N Health Adoption and foster care Child health Child safety and welfare Crimes against women Family planning and birth control Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Immigrant health and welfare Indian social and development programs Juvenile crime and gang violence Minority health Sex and reproductive health Sex offenses Teenage pregnancy Violent crime Women's health Health 00 2011-07-28 Introduced in Senate 2011-09-21T22:12:04Z Communities of Color Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants for programs to provide youth in racial or ethnic minority or immigrant communities the information and skills needed to avoid teen pregnancy and develop healthy relationships.

Allows up to 10% of amounts made available for this Act to be allotted for a rigorous, independent evaluation of grant activities.

Requires the Secretary to award grants for multimedia campaigns to provide public education and increase public awareness regarding teenage pregnancy and related social and emotional issues.

Requires the Director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to make grants for research on teen pregnancy, dating violence, and healthy relationships among racial or ethnic minority or immigrant communities.

Requires the Secretary to direct the interagency adolescent health workgroup within the Office of Adolescent Health to include teen dating violence prevention and healthy teen relationship strategies in the work of such group, with a particular focus among racial or ethnic minority or immigrant communities, in consultation with the Federal Interagency Workgroup on Teen Dating Violence chaired by the Department of Justice (DOJ).

]]> Communities of Color Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Act of 2011 Display Title Communities of Color Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out programs to provide youth in racial or ethnic minority or immigrant communities the information and skills needed to reduce teenage pregnancies. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Communities of Color Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Act of 2011 Introduced in Senate 2011-07-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1437is/xml/BILLS-112s1437is.xml 2011-07-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.