[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 833 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 833

 To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to ensure that 
pregnant women receiving assistance under title X of the Public Health 
  Service Act are provided with information and counseling regarding 
               their pregnancies, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 6, 1995

  Mr. Greenwood (for himself, Mr. Porter, Mr. Waxman, and Mrs. Lowey) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to ensure that 
pregnant women receiving assistance under title X of the Public Health 
  Service Act are provided with information and counseling regarding 
               their pregnancies, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Family Planning Amendments Act of 
1995''.

SEC. 2. PROJECT GRANTS AND CONTRACTS FOR FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES.

    (a) Requiring Certain Nondirective Counseling and Referral 
Services.--Section 1001 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
300) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (b) through (d) as 
        subsections (c) through (e), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following 
        subsection:
    ``(b)(1) The Secretary may not make an award of a grant or contract 
under this section unless the applicant for the award agrees that the 
family planning project involved will provide to individuals 
information regarding pregnancy management options upon request of the 
individuals, and that such information will be provided only through 
individuals holding professional degrees in medicine or osteopathic 
medicine, nursing, clinical psychology, the allied health professions, 
or social work, through individuals meeting such other criteria as the 
Secretary determines to be appropriate for providing such information, 
or through individuals allowed under State law to provide such 
information.
    ``(2) With respect to compliance with the agreement made under 
paragraph (1), the family planning project involved, and any provider 
of services in the project, may not be required to provide information 
regarding a pregnancy management option if--
            ``(A) the project or provider (as the case may be) objects 
        to doing so on grounds of religious beliefs or moral 
        convictions; and
            ``(B) the project refers the individual seeking services to 
        another provider in the project, or to another project in the 
        geographic area involved, as the case may be, that will provide 
        such information.
    ``(3) For purposes of this subsection, the term `information 
regarding pregnancy management options' means nondirective counseling 
and referrals regarding--
            ``(A) prenatal care and delivery;
            ``(B) infant care, foster care, and adoption; and
            ``(C) termination of pregnancy.''.
    (b) Compliance With State Laws on Parental Notification and 
Consent.--Section 1008 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
300a-6) is amended by inserting ``(a)'' before ``None'' and by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(b)(1) No public or nonprofit private entity that performs 
abortions may receive an award of a grant or contract under section 
1001 unless the entity has certified to the Secretary that the entity 
is in compliance with State law regarding parental notification of or 
consent for the performance of an abortion on a minor which is enforced 
in the State in which the entity is located.
    ``(2) Paragraph (1) shall not be construed to require or prohibit a 
State's adoption of parental notification or parental consent laws 
regarding the performance of an abortion on a minor, or to require or 
prohibit the enforcement by a State of such laws.''.
    (c) Information on Condoms.--Section 1001 of the Public Health 
Service Act, as amended by subsection (a) of this section, is amended 
by inserting after subsection (b) the following subsection:
    ``(c) The Secretary may not make an award of a grant or contract 
under this section unless the applicant for the award agrees that the 
family planning project involved will--
            ``(1) distribute only those condoms meeting current 
        requirements for quality control and labeling; and any 
        subsequently developed standards, established by the Food and 
        Drug Administration for the prevention of pregnancy and the 
        prevention of the transmission of sexually transmitted 
        diseases; and
            ``(2) advise individuals of the benefits of the proper use 
        of condoms, of the extent of risk that still exists with condom 
        usage, and of the fact that condoms currently available do not 
        completely eliminate the risk of pregnancy or the transmission 
        of sexually transmitted diseases.''.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 1001(f) of the Public 
Health Service Act, as redesignated by subsection (a) of this section, 
is amended to read as follows:
    ``(f) For the purpose of grants and contracts under this section, 
there are authorized to be appropriated $220,000,000 for fiscal year 
1996, and $250,000,000 for fiscal year 1997.''.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR TRAINING GRANTS AND 
              CONTRACTS.

    Section 1003(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300a-
1(b)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) For the purpose of grants and contracts under subsection (a), 
there are authorized to be appropriated $6,250,000 for fiscal year 
1996, and $7,000,000 for fiscal year 1997.''.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR INFORMATIONAL AND 
              EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS.

    Section 1005(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300a-
3(b)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) For the purpose of grants and contracts under subsection (a), 
there are authorized to be appropriated $12,000,000 for fiscal year 
1996, and $13,500,000 for fiscal year 1997.''.

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act take effect upon the 
date of the enactment of this Act.

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