[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 357 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 357

    To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to fund 
               adolescent health demonstration projects.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 1997

  Mr. Towns introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
    To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to fund 
               adolescent health demonstration projects.

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

SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OR SUPPORT OF DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.

    The Secretary of Health and Human Services (hereinafter in this Act 
referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall make grants in fiscal years 
1998 through 2002 to public and nonprofit private entities to establish 
or support adolescent health demonstration projects in secondary 
schools or entities associated with secondary schools for the purpose 
of demonstrating how such projects may be established throughout the 
Untied States.

SEC. 2. PROJECT REQUIREMENTS.

    An adolescent health demonstration project established or supported 
under section 1 shall (1) provide nutrition and hygiene counseling, 
health care related to sports, family planning information and 
services, prenatal and postpartum care, family life and parenting 
counseling, and alcohol and drug abuse education and treatment, (2) 
serve adolescents before their graduation from high school, (3) 
encourage family participation, to the extent practical, (4) obtain the 
approval of the school board in the locality to be served by the 
project before the project is implemented, (5) furnish such reports and 
data as the Secretary may require, including, at a minimum, the number 
and characteristics of individuals served, the services provided, and 
the results achieved, and (6) establish a community advisory committee 
to oversee the establishment and implementation of such project. Such 
community advisory committee shall include students, parents, school 
personnel, physicians, religious and business leaders, and other 
community representatives and shall establish policies for the project 
with respect to the services to be provided under the projects, the 
populations to be served, the personnel who will provide services, fees 
to be charged, and other policy issues.

SEC. 3 AREAS TO BE SERVED.

    In making grants under section 1, the Secretary shall give priority 
to applications for projects which will serve areas with low-income 
residents or minority populations.

SEC. 4. ABORTION RESTRICTION.

    None of the funds provided under a grant under section 1 may be 
used to perform or pay for abortions.

SEC. 5. REPORT.

    The Secretary shall, in each fiscal year, set aside not more than 5 
percent of the amount appropriated for grants under section 1 to 
evaluate the operations of the projects for which grants were made 
under such section. Not later than December 1, 2002, the Secretary 
shall report to the Congress the result of such evaluation together 
with such recommendations as the Secretary may have respecting the 
extension of the grant authority under section 1 or the establishment 
of a continuing service program.
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