I 
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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2008 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives 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— 
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(1) in the section heading, by inserting ‘‘OR 
OTHER SEX EDUCATION’’ after ‘‘ABSTINENCE EDU-
CATION’’; 
(2) in subsection (b) (1)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ before ‘‘abstinence 
education’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, or (B) other sex edu-
cation’’ 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 contracep-
tion.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to funds made available for fis-
cal 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: 
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‘‘SEC. 544. PILOT PROGRAM TO COMBINE SUBSTANCE 
ABUSE TREATMENT AND PREVENTION EF-
FORTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a 
pilot program to make grants to public and nonprofit enti-
ties to provide the substance abuse and prevention services 
described in subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Grants provided under sub-
section (a) may only be used to provide the following serv-
ices: 
‘‘(1) Substance abuse treatment services in the 
form of long-term counseling. 
‘‘(2) Substance abuse prevention services to in-
dividuals 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 man-
ner that enhances both the treatment services de-
scribed 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 Sec-
retary may require. 
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‘‘(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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