US Congress Senate Bill 1437 (Prior Session Legislation)

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July 28 2011 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Communities of Color Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants for programs to provide youth in racial or ethnic minority or immigrant communities the information and skills needed to avoid teen pregnancy and develop healthy relationships. Allows up to 10% of amounts made available for this Act to be allotted for a rigorous, independent evaluation of grant activities. Requires the Secretary to award grants for multimedia campaigns to provide public education and increase public awareness regarding teenage pregnancy and related social and emotional issues. Requires the Director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to make grants for research on teen pregnancy, dating violence, and healthy relationships among racial or ethnic minority or immigrant communities. Requires the Secretary to direct the interagency adolescent health workgroup within the Office of Adolescent Health to include teen dating violence prevention and healthy teen relationship strategies in the work of such group, with a particular focus among racial or ethnic minority or immigrant communities, in consultation with the Federal Interagency Workgroup on Teen Dating Violence chaired by the Department of Justice (DOJ).

Communities of Color Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Act of 2011

Sen Boxer, Barbara

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-07-28	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
2011-07-28	Senate	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5019-5020)

HB2678 (Related) 2011-08-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:SN01437:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112s1437is/pdf/BILLS-112s1437is.pdf