Bill Details

HR.215 - 119th Congress

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Status
  1. Introduced
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. To President
  5. Law
Latest action
2025-01-06 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced Date
2025-01-06
Policy Area
Health
Committees
7
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This bill would require certain federally funded family planning programs to give people a pamphlet with information about adoption centers when they ask about medical services or abortion services. The pamphlet would list adoption centers in the area, along with their addresses and phone numbers, and the person would also have a chance to read it. The federal health secretary would be responsible for creating, updating, and sending out these pamphlets each year. The bill also says no extra money can be used for this new requirement unless it already comes from the family planning funding program.

  • Applies to family planning service projects and programs that receive grants or contracts under the Social Security Act.
  • Requires a pamphlet for each person who inquires about medical or abortion services, with a list of adoption centers in the region and their contact details.
  • Gives the person an opportunity to read the pamphlet at the time it is provided.
  • Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to prepare, update every year, and distribute the pamphlets using existing program funds only.

Official Summaries

Adoption Information Act

This bill requires federally funded family planning programs to provide each person who inquires about medical or abortion services with specified information about adoption centers in their region. The Department of Health and Human Services must provide the programs with pamphlets containing the required information.

Current Full Text

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 215 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 215

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 6, 2025

Mr. Wittman (for himself, Mr. Grothman, Mr. LaMalfa, and Mr. Higgins of 
  Louisiana) 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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