of Health and Human Services an Office of Preg-
nancy Support Services. 
‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Office 
shall be to encourage and assist pregnant women 
throughout pregnancy and following childbirth by 
providing services that will alleviate the financial, so-
cial, emotional, and other difficulties that may other-
wise compel them to seek an abortion. 
‘‘(3) DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The Of-
fice shall be headed by a Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Pregnancy Support Services, who shall be ap-
pointed by and shall serve under the supervision and 
direction of the Assistant Secretary for Health. 
‘‘(4) NO DUPLICATION OF EFFORT.—The Sec-
retary shall coordinate the functions of the Office 
with the activities of other agencies and offices of 
the Department of Health and Human Services so 
as to avoid any duplication of effort. 
‘‘(b) PREGNANCY CARE INFORMATION SERVICE.— 
‘‘(1) DATABASE.—The Secretary shall develop 
and maintain a comprehensive, publicly accessible, 
and user friendly database, to be known as the Preg-
nancy Care Information Service, to serve as a con-
solidated source of information on pregnancy sup-
port services. 
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‘‘(2) PROVIDER INFORMATION.—The database 
developed under paragraph (1) shall include perti-
nent information on the providers of the pregnancy 
support services listed in the database. 
‘‘(3) DIRECTOR OF PREGNANCY CARE INFORMA-
TION SERVICES.—The Secretary shall appoint a Di-
rector of Pregnancy Care Information Services to 
carry out this subsection under the supervision and 
direction of the Deputy Assistant Secretary. 
‘‘(c) ANNUAL CONFERENCE.—The Secretary shall 
conduct an annual nationwide best practices conference, 
gathering experts from State and local governments, pre-
natal and parenting care centers, and other relevant facili-
ties— 
‘‘(1) to share information on best practices in 
pregnancy support services; and 
‘‘(2) to identify and address key burdens or ad-
verse circumstances facing pregnant women. 
‘‘(d) TOLL-FREE NUMBER.—The Secretary shall 
enter into a contract, through the use of competitive pro-
cedures, with an entity to establish and operate a toll-free 
number to provide women with referrals for obtaining 
pregnancy support services. 
‘‘(e) LIFE CARE GRANTS.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may award 
competitive grants to entities to provide pregnancy 
support services. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY.—The Secretary may award a 
grant to an entity under this subsection only if the 
entity has been engaged in providing pregnancy sup-
port services for at least 2 years. 
‘‘(3) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—The Sec-
retary may award a grant to an entity under this 
subsection only if the entity agrees that the grant 
will be used to supplement, and not supplant, preg-
nancy support services. 
‘‘(f) PUBLIC OUTREACH.—The Secretary shall de-
velop and implement a public outreach campaign to pro-
vide information on pregnancy support services to— 
‘‘(1) vulnerable women, including those in low- 
income, urban and rural areas; and 
‘‘(2) facilities receiving funds through title X. 
‘‘(g) PRENATAL CARE GRANTS TO INSTITUTIONS OF 
HIGHER EDUCATION.—The Secretary may award com-
petitive grants to institutions of higher education for the 
exclusive purpose of providing pregnancy support services, 
which may include— 
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‘‘(1) employing a registered nurse, nurse practi-
tioner, physician assistant, or physician with special-
ized training in prenatal care; or 
‘‘(2) establishing and maintaining student out-
reach programs to provide prenatal care, parenting 
assistance, and student housing assistance to the in-
stitution’s pregnant and parenting students. 
‘‘(h) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit 
an annual report to the Congress on the activities carried 
out under this section, the funds expended on such activi-
ties, and the results achieved through such activities. 
‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘Deputy Assistant Secretary’ 
means the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Preg-
nancy Support Services appointed under subsection 
(a)(3). 
‘‘(2) The term ‘Office’ means the Office of 
Pregnancy Support Services established under sub-
section (a)(1). 
‘‘(3) The term ‘pregnancy support services’ 
means services offered by Federal, State, faith- 
based, and other providers, during and after preg-
nancy, that will encourage and assist women 
throughout pregnancy by alleviating financial, social, 
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emotional, and other difficulties that may otherwise 
lead to an abortion, including the following: 
‘‘(A) Pregnancy support center services. 
‘‘(B) Adoption referral. 
‘‘(C) Crisis hotlines, including for violence 
or suicide prevention. 
‘‘(D) Pro bono obstetric and prenatal care 
services for women throughout pregnancy. 
‘‘(E) Pro bono legal services to assist 
women throughout pregnancy and parents with 
newborn children. 
‘‘(F) Child care services. 
‘‘(G) Services to assist parents to care for, 
and prepare to care for, a child with Down syn-
drome or another prenatally diagnosed condi-
tion, and to facilitate the adoption of such chil-
dren as appropriate. 
‘‘(H) Life skills mentoring, including to en-
hance the following competencies: 
‘‘(i) Strengthening marriage. 
‘‘(ii) 
Communication 
and 
conflict 
management for building healthy mar-
riages and families. 
‘‘(iii) Decisionmaking and relation-
ship-building skills prior to marriage. 
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