United States HR 5651: Adoption Information Act

Bill Text

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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION H. R. 5651
To amend title V of the Social Security Act to require assurances that
certain family planning service projects and programs will provide pam-
phlets containing the contact information of adoption centers.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 16, 2020
Mr. WITTMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend title V of the Social Security Act to require
assurances that certain family planning service projects
and programs will provide pamphlets containing the con-
tact information of adoption centers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Adoption Information 4
Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. PROVISION IN FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES OF 1
PAMPHLETS CONTAINING ADOPTION CENTER 2
CONTACT INFORMATION. 3
Title V of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 701 4
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 5
‘‘SEC. 514. LIMITATION. 6
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro-7
vision of this title, a grant may be made or contract en-8
tered into under section 501 for a family planning service 9
project or program only upon assurances satisfactory to 10
the Secretary that the project or program will— 11
‘‘(1) provide to each person to whom the med-12
ical professional provides family planning medical 13
services, at the time the person inquires about med-14
ical or abortion services, a pamphlet that contains— 15
‘‘(A) a comprehensive list of the adoption 16
centers located in the region (as determined by 17
the Secretary) where the adoption services are 18
provided; and 19
‘‘(B) the address and telephone number of 20
each such center; and 21
‘‘(2) provide each such person an opportunity to 22
read the pamphlet. 23
‘‘(b) PAMPHLETS.—The Secretary shall prepare, an-24
nually update, and distribute to each project or program 25
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referred to in subsection (a) pamphlets described in such 1
subsection. 2
‘‘(c) NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS.—No funds may be 3
used to carry out this section, except funds that are appro-4
priated to carry out this title.’’. 5
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