[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
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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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