Title: Adoption Promotion Act of 2017
Policy area: Health

Summary:
Adoption Promotion Act of 2017
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Department of Health and Human Services to ensure that pregnancy options counseling funded through family planning projects includes adoption counseling and is provided by licensed social workers or counselors who have knowledge and experience in adoption practice. Training for personnel to carry out family planning programs must include training on the adoption process.
Research related to family planning and population must include: (1) collection of data on the number of pregnancy tests administered to individuals served by family planning programs and the results of those tests; and (2) evaluation of the quality, consistency, and outcomes of pregnancy options counseling.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3231 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3231

   To amend title X of the Public Health Service Act with respect to 
            adoption and other pregnancy options counseling.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 13, 2017

   Mr. Long introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title X of the Public Health Service Act with respect to 
            adoption and other pregnancy options counseling.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Adoption Promotion Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. ADOPTION AND OTHER PREGNANCY OPTIONS COUNSELING.

    Title X of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300a-1) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 1009. ADOPTION AND OTHER PREGNANCY OPTIONS COUNSELING.

    ``(a) Inclusion of Adoption Counseling.--The Secretary shall ensure 
that any pregnancy options counseling funded under this title includes 
adoption counseling.
    ``(b) Qualified Counselors.--The Secretary shall ensure that any 
pregnancy options counseling funded under this title is provided by 
individuals who--
            ``(1) are licensed social workers or counselors in the 
        States in which they practice; and
            ``(2) have knowledge and experience in adoption practice.
    ``(c) Training.--Any training provided to an individual under 
section 1003 shall include training on the adoption process.
    ``(d) Research.--
            ``(1) In general.--Research funded under section 1004 shall 
        include--
                    ``(A) the collection of data on the number of 
                pregnancy tests administered to individuals served by 
                programs under this title and the results of those 
                tests; and
                    ``(B) the evaluation of the quality, consistency, 
                and outcomes of pregnancy options counseling funded 
                under this title.
            ``(2) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subsection 
        shall be construed to authorize the collection of personally 
        identifiable information.''.
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