[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3229 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3229

To provide for the applicability, to providers of services under title 
X of the Public Health Service Act, of State reporting requirements for 
     minors who are victims of abuse, rape, molestation, or incest.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 12, 1998

   Mr. Manzullo (for himself, Mr. Hyde, Mr. Istook, Mr. Cannon, Mr. 
Hoekstra, Mrs. Emerson, and Mr. Bachus) introduced the following bill; 
            which was referred to the Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the applicability, to providers of services under title 
X of the Public Health Service Act, of State reporting requirements for 
     minors who are victims of abuse, rape, molestation, or incest.

    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 cited as the ``Title X Child Abuse, Rape, Molestation, 
and Incest Reporting Act''.

SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY OF STATE LAW WITH RESPECT TO REPORTING 
              REQUIREMENTS FOR MINORS WHO ARE VICTIMS OF ABUSE, RAPE, 
              MOLESTATION, OR INCEST.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no provider of services 
under title X of the Public Health Service Act shall be exempt from any 
State law requiring notification or the reporting of child abuse, child 
molestation, sexual abuse, rape, or incest.
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