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S 923 114th Congress Senate

Healthy Relationships Act of 2015

Official title: A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to award … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to award grants on a competitive basis to public and private entities to provide qualified sexual risk avoidance education to youth and their parents.

Introduced: April 14, 2015 Introduced by: Graham, Lindsey Republican · South Carolina See on congress.gov
Health Child healthFamily planning and birth controlHealth programs administration and fundingHealth promotion and preventive care
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Marriage and family statusSex and reproductive healthSexually transmitted diseasesTeenage pregnancy
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Apr 14, 2015
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 Latest action April 14, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Healthy Relationships Act of 2015

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Health Resources and Services Administration to award grants for qualified sexual risk avoidance education for youth and their parents.

The unambiguous message that postponing sexual activity is the optimal sexual health behavior for youth must be the primary emphasis and context for each topic covered by the education. The education must be age appropriate, medically accurate, and evidence based.

The education must address specified topics, including:

  • the benefits associated with personal responsibility, success sequencing (sequential progression through: completing school, securing a job, and marrying before bearing children), goal setting, healthy decision making, and a focus on the future;
  • the research-based advantage of reserving sexual activity for marriage;
  • the skills needed to resist the pervasive, sex-saturated culture;
  • the foundational components of healthy relationships; and
  • how to avoid sexual coercion, dating violence, and risk behaviors, such as drugs, alcohol, and the misuse of social media.
Priority in awarding grants must be given to programs serving youth in middle school and high school that will promote parent-child communication regarding healthy sexual decision making.
 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 453 Related bill Healthy Relationships Act of 2015
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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Republican 3
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Daines, Steve
Montana · May 21, 2015
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Scott, Tim
South Carolina · Apr 14, 2015
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Thune, John
South Dakota · Apr 14, 2015
Vitter, David
· Apr 14, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 923: Healthy Relationships Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-923/
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