eligible mothers confidence in their abilities to pro-
vide for the health needs of their newborns, includ-
ing through— 
(A) providing information on child develop-
ment; and 
(B) soliciting questions from the mothers. 
(2) The registered nurses who make home visits 
under subsection (a) will, as needed, provide refer-
rals for health and social services. 
(3) The period during which the visits will be 
available to an eligible mother will not be fewer than 
six months. 
(4) An eligible mother will not receive more 
than one visit each month during the period in 
which such visits are available to the woman. 
(d) AUTHORIZED SERVICES.— 
(1) REQUIREMENTS.—A grant may be made 
under subsection (a) only if the applicant involved 
agrees that the following services will be provided by 
registered nurses in home visits under subsection 
(a): 
(A) Information on child health and devel-
opment, including suggestions for child-develop-
mental activities that are enjoyable for parents 
and children. 
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(B) Advice on parenting, including infor-
mation on how to develop a strong parent-child 
relationship. 
(C) Information on resources about par-
enting, including identifying books and videos 
that are available at local libraries. 
(D) Information on upcoming parenting 
workshops in the local region. 
(E) Information on programs that facili-
tate parent-to-parent support services. 
(F) Factually and medically accurate and 
complete information about contraception. 
(G) In the case of an eligible mother who 
is a student, information on resources that may 
assist the mother in completing the educational 
courses involved. 
(2) ADDITIONAL
SERVICES.—A grant under 
subsection (a) may be expended to provide services 
during home visits under such subsection in addition 
to the services specified in paragraph (1). 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the 
purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized 
to be appropriated $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2007. 
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SEC. 1705. GRANTS FOR INCREASING PUBLIC AWARENESS 
OF RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO WOMEN PRE-
PARING FOR CHILD BIRTH. 
(a) GRANTS.—The Secretary may make grants to 
States to increase public awareness of resources available 
to women preparing for child birth and to new parents. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—The Secretary may make a 
grant to a State under this section only if the State agrees 
to use the grant for the following: 
(1) Identification of resources available to preg-
nant women who have decided to carry their preg-
nancies to term or to new parents, or both. 
(2) Conducting an advertising campaign to in-
crease public awareness of such resources. 
(3) Establishing and maintaining a toll-free 
telephone line to direct people to— 
(A) organizations that provide support 
services for pregnant women who have decided 
to carry their pregnancies to term; 
(B) adoption centers; and 
(C) organizations that provide support 
services to new parents. 
(c) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary shall prohibit each 
State receiving a grant under this section from using the 
grant to direct people to an organization or adoption cen-
ter that is for-profit. 
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(d) IDENTIFICATION OF RESOURCES.—The Secretary 
shall require each State receiving a grant under this sec-
tion to make publicly available by means of the Internet 
(electronic and paper form) a list of the following: 
(1) The resources identified pursuant to sub-
section (b)(1). 
(2) The organizations and adoption centers to 
which people are directed pursuant to an advertising 
campaign or telephone line funded under this sec-
tion. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—The Sec-
retary shall make such funds available as may be nec-
essary to carry out the activities of this section. 
TITLE XVIII—COLLECTING AND 
REPORTING ABORTION SUR-
VEILLANCE DATA 
SEC. 1801. GRANTS FOR COLLECTION AND REPORTING OF 
ABORTION SURVEILLANCE DATA. 
(a) GRANTS.—The Secretary, acting through the Di-
rector of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
may make grants to States for collecting and reporting 
abortion surveillance data. 
(b) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make a 
grant to a State under this section only if the State 
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