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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1364 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 5, 2009 

Mr. WEINER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Energy and Commerce 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘H.I.V. Education and 

5 Prevention Act of 2009’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FLEXIBILITY IN USE OF ABSTINENCE EDUCATION 

7 FUNDS. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 510 of the Social Security 

9 Act (42 U.S.C. 710) is amended— 


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1 (1) in the section heading, by inserting ‘‘OR

2 OTHER SEX EDUCATION’’ after ‘‘ABSTINENCE EDU3 CATION’’; 

4 (2) in subsection (b) (1)— 

5 (A) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ before ‘‘abstinence 

6 education’’; and 

7 (B) by inserting ‘‘, or (B) other sex edu8 cation’’ after ‘‘out-of-wedlock’’; and 

9 (3) by adding at the end of subsection (b) the 

10 following new paragraph: 

11 ‘‘(3) In this subsection, the term ‘sex education’ 

12 means education about the functional, structural, or 

13 behavioral aspects of human reproduction and may 

14 include education about abstinence or contracep15 tion.’’. 

16 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

17 subsection (a) shall apply to funds made available for fis18 cal year 2010 and each fiscal year thereafter. 

19 SEC. 3. PILOT PROGRAM TO COMBINE SUBSTANCE ABUSE 

20 TREATMENT AND PREVENTION EFFORTS. 

21 Part D of title V of the Public Health Service Act 

22 (42 U.S.C. 290dd et seq.) is amended by adding at the 

23 end the following new section: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 544. PILOT PROGRAM TO COMBINE SUBSTANCE 

2 ABUSE TREATMENT AND PREVENTION EF3 FORTS. 

4 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a 

5 pilot program to make grants to public and nonprofit enti6 ties to provide the substance abuse and prevention services 

7 described in subsection (b). 

8 ‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Grants provided under sub9 section (a) may only be used to provide the following serv10 ices: 

11 ‘‘(1) Substance abuse treatment services in the 

12 form of long-term counseling. 

13 ‘‘(2) Substance abuse prevention services to in14 dividuals who are less than 21 years of age. 

15 ‘‘(3) Services that facilitate interaction between 

16 individuals receiving treatment for substance abuse 

17 and individuals described in paragraph (2) in a man18 ner that enhances both the treatment services de19 scribed in paragraph (1) and the prevention services 

20 described in paragraph (2). 

21 ‘‘(c) APPLICATION.—Before the Secretary may make 

22 a grant to an entity under subsection (a), the entity must 

23 submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in 

24 such manner, and containing such information as the Sec25 retary may require. 


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1 ‘‘(d) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the 

2 cost of carrying out the services described in subsection 

3 (b) with a grant under this section shall not exceed 75 

4 percent of such cost. 

5 ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

6 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

7 $25,000,000 for fiscal years 2010 through 2014.’’. 

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