HR 2874 112th Congress House Health Child health Family planning and birth control Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Marriage and family status Sex and reproductive health Sexually transmitted diseases Teenage pregnancy

Abstinence Education Reallocation Act of 2011

Introduced: September 8, 2011 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps

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Sep 20, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Sep 13, 2011

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6105)

Sep 8, 2011

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Sep 8, 2011

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Abstinence Education Reallocation Act of 2011 - Authorizes the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to award grants for qualified sexual risk avoidance education to youth and their parents. Requires such education to meet certain criteria, including: (1) being age-appropriate, medically accurate, and evidence-based; (2) having as its sole purpose the teaching of the skills and benefits of sexual abstinence as the optimal sexual health behavior for youth; and (3) teaching the benefits of refraining from nonmarital sexual activity, the advantage of reserving sexual activity for marriage, and the foundational components of a healthy relationship.

Gives priority to programs that serve youth ages 12 to 19 and that will promote the protective benefits of parent-child communication regarding healthy sexual decisionmaking.

What's happening now September 20, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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