HR 1526 111th Congress House Education Books and print media Child health Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Health personnel Language arts Preschool education Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Prescribe A Book Act

Introduced: March 16, 2009 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps

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Became law

May 14, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

Mar 16, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Mar 16, 2009

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Prescribe A Book Act - Creates a Pediatric Early Literacy program under which the Secretary of Education awards matching grants to nonprofit organizations for the implementation of three-part models through which: (1) health care providers encourage parents to read aloud to their children and offer them recommendations and strategies for doing so; (2) health care providers give each visiting child between the ages of six months and five-years a new, developmentally appropriate children's book to take home and keep; and (3) volunteers reading to children in health care facility waiting areas show parents the techniques and pleasures of reading aloud to children.

Requires that the books provided to children under the program be obtained at a discount.

What's happening now May 14, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

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