Title: Adoption Information Act
Policy area: Health

Summary:
Adoption Information Act
This bill requires family planning service projects or programs that receive certain federal grants or contracts to provide individuals who inquire about their services with specified information related to adoption centers in their state. The Department of Health and Human Services must provide such projects and programs with pamphlets containing the required information.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5651 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5651

To amend title V of the Social Security Act to require assurances that 
  certain family planning service projects and programs will provide 
   pamphlets containing the contact information of adoption centers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 16, 2020

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title V of the Social Security Act to require assurances that 
  certain family planning service projects and programs will provide 
   pamphlets containing the contact information of adoption centers.

    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 Information Act''.

SEC. 2. PROVISION IN FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES OF PAMPHLETS CONTAINING 
              ADOPTION CENTER CONTACT INFORMATION.

    Title V of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 701 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 514. LIMITATION.

    ``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
title, a grant may be made or contract entered into under section 501 
for a family planning service project or program only upon assurances 
satisfactory to the Secretary that the project or program will--
            ``(1) provide to each person to whom the medical 
        professional provides family planning medical services, at the 
        time the person inquires about medical or abortion services, a 
        pamphlet that contains--
                    ``(A) a comprehensive list of the adoption centers 
                located in the region (as determined by the Secretary) 
                where the adoption services are provided; and
                    ``(B) the address and telephone number of each such 
                center; and
            ``(2) provide each such person an opportunity to read the 
        pamphlet.
    ``(b) Pamphlets.--The Secretary shall prepare, annually update, and 
distribute to each project or program referred to in subsection (a) 
pamphlets described in such subsection.
    ``(c) No Additional Funds.--No funds may be used to carry out this 
section, except funds that are appropriated to carry out this title.''.
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