Preventing Unintended Pregnancies, Reducing the Need for Abortion, and Supporting Parents Act

Bill: 111-hr-3312
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-17]
Introduced: 2009-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Assault and harassment offenses
Behavioral sciences
Child care and development
Child health
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Domestic violence and child abuse
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Family planning and birth control
Family relationships
Food assistance and relief
Government information and archives
HIV/AIDS
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Higher education
Home and outpatient care
Income tax credits
Law enforcement administration and funding
Medicaid
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Nutrition and diet
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Poverty and welfare assistance
School administration
Sex and reproductive health
Sex offenses
Sexually transmitted diseases
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: 
Preventing Unintended Pregnancies, Reducing the Need for Abortion, and Supporting Parents Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services ( HHS) to make matching grants for projects to provide comprehensive education on preventing teen pregnancies.
 
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to reauthorize appropriations for the 21st Century Community Learning Centers and the Carol M. White Physical Education Program. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to reauthorize appropriations for Federal TRIO Programs and Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEARUP).
 
Amends part A of title IV (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) (TANF) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to award grants to states for reducing teen pregnancy and teen births. Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to require the Secretary to establish a national goal of reducing teen pregnancy by at least one-third over ten years.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to make matching grants to assist entities in demonstrating innovative approaches to teen pregnancies, such as facilitating communication between parents and children.
 
Requires the Secretary to award grants to organizations to establish and operate a national initiative for parents of adolescents to reduce teen pregnancy.
 
Directs the Secretary of Education to award demonstration grants to community colleges for the purpose of developing and implementing innovative approaches to prevent unplanned pregnancy and promote healthy relationships among women and men in community colleges.
 
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of SSA to expand coverage of family planning services. 
 
Expands and extends postpartum health care coverage for women under Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP, formerly known as SCHIP). Expands the definition of &quot;low-income child&quot; under CHIP.
 
Title X Family Planning Services Act of 2009 - Authorizes appropriations for the establishment and operation of voluntary family planning projects.
 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit individual health insurance issuers from imposing any preexisting condition exclusions relating to pregnancy as a preexisting condition. Requires such issuers to provide coverage for maternity services.
 
Authorizes the HHS Secretary to make grants for the purchase of ultrasound equipment.
 
Requires the HHS Secretary to make grants to enable states to better identify and treat women who are victims of, or at risk of, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sexual coercion, or stalking.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to institutions of higher education to assist students who have decided to carry their pregnancies to term in continuing their studies and graduating.
 
Requires the HHS Secretary to award grants for a national information campaign to educate the public about adoption.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase and make refundable the tax credit for adoption expenses. 
 
Revises and authorizes appropriations for the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children (WIC program).
 
Requires the HHS Secretary to enter into an agreement with the Institute of Medicine to study the range of choices women make in response to unintended pregnancy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
action_date: 2009-09-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Referred to House Agriculture
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Ways and Means, the Judiciary, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Introduced in House