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HR 1397 102th Congress House Health Abortion Contraceptives Counseling Families Family planning and birth control Federal aid to youth services Government paperwork Parent and child Parents Sex education Teenage pregnancy

Family Planning Parental Notification Act

Introduced: March 12, 1991 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
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To President
Became law
Mar 25, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Mar 12, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 12, 1991
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Family Planning Parental Notification Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require an entity receiving a grant or contract for family planning services to notify one or both of the parents of a minor at least 48 hours before providing certain types of family planning methods or services to the minor.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a list of methods and services requiring notification, using the criteria of whether the notification: (1) is in the best interests of unemancipated minors; (2) strengthens the stability of families; (3) strengthens the authority and rights of parents; or (4) enhances the relationship between adolescent behavior, personal responsibility, and societal norms.

Excludes life-threatening emergencies from notification requirements. Allows judicial override.

What's happening now March 25, 1991

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1