S. 1279Senate109th Congress (2005-2007)In Committee

Parent's Right to Know Act of 2005

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

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

June 21, 2005

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

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

June 21, 2005

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Rep. Carolyn B. MaloneyD-NY-14 · Sep 21, 2005

Mr. Speaker, today I am introducing the Disaster Area Health and Environmental Monitoring Act with my colleagues Representatives Chris Shays and Tim Bishop. During a disaster our first responders…

Mr. Speaker, today I am introducing the Disaster Area Health and Environmental Monitoring Act with my colleagues Representatives Chris Shays and Tim Bishop.

During a disaster our first responders heroically rush to the disaster area with little regard for their personal safety in hopes of saving others. We owe it to them to at least monitor their health when it has been put at risk. Unfortunately, no such program exists. There is no better example of this than what has happened in the aftermath of 9/11.

Today, more than 4 years after 9/11, there are literally thousands of individuals who are still sick as a direct result of their work in and

around Ground Zero. Included in the sick are police officers, firefighters, volunteers, residents, and area workers. Despite a clear need, there is still no one in the Federal Government in charge of caring for these individuals, there is no coordination among programs established to screen these illnesses and there is no Federal program that provides anyone with any treatment. Now as we consider options to monitor the medical impacts of Hurricane Katrina, there is no Federal program in place to set up a medical monitoring program. This is why we are introducing the Disaster Area Health and Environmental Monitoring Act--H.R. 5329 in the 108th Congress. This is the companion to legislation introduced in the Senate by Senators Voinovich and Clinton--S. 1279--and has passed the Senate by unanimous consent last Congress.

The Disaster Area Health and Environmental Monitoring Act would create a standard for a monitoring program following a disaster when the President determines a monitoring program is needed. This monitoring program would be set up to screen the health of affected individuals. By creating a coordinated monitoring program, we can provide valuable information to affected individuals and we can assure our first responders that we will continue to care about the health affects after the disaster. I urge my colleagues to support this legislation.

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Introduced in SenateIssued June 21, 2005

        [Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1279 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

109th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1279

To establish certain requirements relating to the provision of services
to minors by family planning projects under title X of the Public
Health Service Act.

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

June 21, 2005

Mr. Coburn (for himself, Mr. Brownback, Mr. DeMint, Mr. Inhofe, Mr.
Cornyn, Mr. Santorum, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Bunning, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Allen,
and Mr. Vitter) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To establish certain requirements relating to the provision of services
to minors by family planning projects under title X of the Public
Health Service Act.

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 ``Parent's Right to Know Act of
2005''.

SEC. 2. PROVISIONS REGARDING TITLE X FAMILY PLANNING PROJECTS.

(a) Provision of Contraceptive Drugs or Prescription Devices to
Minors.--None of the funds appropriated in any Federal Act for any
fiscal year for carrying out title X of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 300 et seq.) may be made available to any family planning
project under section 1001 of such title if any provider of services in
the project knowingly provides contraceptive drugs or prescription
devices to a minor, unless--
(1) such provider of services has given actual written
notice to a custodial parent or custodial legal guardian of the
minor, notifying the parent or legal guardian of the intent to
provide the drugs or prescription devices, at least five
business days before providing the drugs or prescription
devices;
(2) the minor has the written consent of a custodial parent
or custodial legal guardian to receive the drugs or
prescription devices;
(3) the minor is emancipated under applicable State law; or
(4) a court of competent jurisdiction has directed that the
minor may receive the drugs or prescription devices.
(b) Certification of Compliance.--Each provider of services under
section 1001 of title X of the Public Health Service Act shall each
year certify to the Secretary of Health and Human Services compliance
with this section. Such Secretary shall prescribe such regulations as
may be necessary to effectuate this section.
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