[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6906 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6906

 To amend the Social Security Act and the Public Health Service Act to 
 provide for sex education, substance abuse treatment and prevention, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 15, 2008

  Mr. Weiner introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Social Security Act and the Public Health Service Act to 
 provide for sex education, substance abuse treatment and prevention, 
                        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 ``H.I.V. Education and Prevention Act 
of 2008''.

SEC. 2. FLEXIBILITY IN USE OF ABSTINENCE EDUCATION FUNDS.

    (a) In General.--Section 510 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
710) is amended--
            (1) in the section heading, by inserting ``or other sex 
        education'' after ``abstinence education'';
            (2) in subsection (b) (1)--
                    (A) by inserting ``(A)'' before ``abstinence 
                education''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``, or (B) other sex education'' 
                after ``out-of-wedlock''; and
            (3) by adding at the end of subsection (b) the following 
        new paragraph:
            ``(3) In this subsection, the term `sex education' means 
        education about the functional, structural, or behavioral 
        aspects of human reproduction and may include education about 
        abstinence or contraception.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to funds made available for fiscal year 2009 and each fiscal year 
thereafter.

SEC. 3. PILOT PROGRAM TO COMBINE SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT AND 
              PREVENTION EFFORTS.

    Part D of title V of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290dd 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 544. PILOT PROGRAM TO COMBINE SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT AND 
              PREVENTION EFFORTS.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall establish a pilot program to 
make grants to public and nonprofit entities to provide the substance 
abuse and prevention services described in subsection (b).
    ``(b) Use of Funds.--Grants provided under subsection (a) may only 
be used to provide the following services:
            ``(1) Substance abuse treatment services in the form of 
        long-term counseling.
            ``(2) Substance abuse prevention services to individuals 
        who are less than 21 years of age.
            ``(3) Services that facilitate interaction between 
        individuals receiving treatment for substance abuse and 
        individuals described in paragraph (2) in a manner that 
        enhances both the treatment services described in paragraph (1) 
        and the prevention services described in paragraph (2).
    ``(c) Application.--Before the Secretary may make a grant to an 
entity under subsection (a), the entity must submit an application to 
the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
information as the Secretary may require.
    ``(d) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the cost of carrying out 
the services described in subsection (b) with a grant under this 
section shall not exceed 75 percent of such cost.
    ``(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $25,000,000 for fiscal years 
2009 through 2013.''.
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