[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 69 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 69

To require assurances that certain family planning service projects and 
 programs will provide pamphlets containing the contact information of 
                           adoption centers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 2005

Mrs. Jo Ann Davis of Virginia introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To require assurances that certain family planning service projects and 
 programs will provide pamphlets containing the contact information of 
                           adoption centers.

    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 referred to as the ``Adoption Information Act''.

SEC. 2. PROVISION IN FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES OF PAMPHLETS CONTAINING 
              ADOPTION CENTER CONTACT INFORMATION.

    Title X of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:

                 ``adoption center contact information

    ``Sec. 1009. (a) A grant may be made or contract entered into under 
section 1001 for a family planning service project or program only upon 
assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that the project or program 
will--
            ``(1) provide to each person to whom the project or program 
        provides family planning services, at the time the person 
        inquires about the services, a pamphlet that contains--
                    ``(A) a comprehensive list of the adoption centers 
                located in the State where the services are provided; 
                and
                    ``(B) the address and telephone number of each such 
                center;
            ``(2) at the same time, orally inform each such person that 
        the pamphlet--
                    ``(A) was provided by the Department of Health and 
                Human Services; and
                    ``(B) contains a comprehensive list of the adoption 
                centers located in the State where the services are 
                provided; and
            ``(3) provide each such person an opportunity to read the 
        pamphlet.
    ``(b) The Secretary shall prepare, annually update, and distribute 
to each project or program referred to in subsection (a) pamphlets 
described in that subsection.
    ``(c) No funds may be used to carry out this section, except funds 
that are appropriated to carry out this title.''.
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