[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2941 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2941

   To permit States to condition use of State funds for purchase of 
  prescription drugs for minors under certain Federal-State matching 
                    programs upon parental consent.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 8, 1997

  Mr. Brady introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
  Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and 
 Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
   each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To permit States to condition use of State funds for purchase of 
  prescription drugs for minors under certain Federal-State matching 
                    programs upon parental consent.

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

SECTION 1. PERMITTING STATES TO CONDITION USE OF STATE FUNDS FOR 
              PURCHASE OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS FOR MINORS UNDER CERTAIN 
              FEDERAL-STATE MATCHING PROGRAMS UPON PARENTAL CONSENT.

    (a) In General.--No provision of any Federal-State matching program 
described in subsection (b) shall be construed as preventing a State 
from requiring, as a condition of providing assistance under the 
program with respect to the dispensing of a prescription drug (or any 
class of such drugs specified by the State) to a minor, that a parent 
or guardian of the minor (or other person authorized under State law to 
provide consent with respect to the dispensing) has consented to the 
dispensing of the drug.
    (b) Federal-State Matching Program Defined.--For purposes of this 
section, each of the following shall be considered to be a Federal-
State matching program:
            (1) Medicaid.--Title XIX of the Social Security Act.
            (2) Family planning program (title x).--Title X of the 
        Public Health Service Act.
            (3) Social services block grant program (title xx).--Title 
        XX of the Social Security Act.
            (4) TANF.--Part A of title IV of the Social Security Act.
    (c) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) shall apply to assistance for 
prescription drugs dispensed on or after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
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