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113th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1539
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 24, 2013Mrs. Fischer (for herself, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Johanns, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Thune, Mr. Moran, and Mr. Cochran) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
A BILL
To require assurances that certain family planning
service projects and programs will provide pamphlets containing the contact
information of adoption centers.
1.
Short title
This Act may be referred to as the
Adoption Information
Act.
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:
1009.
Adoption center contact
information
(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,
telephone number, and Internet website 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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