H.R. 6294 – Reading Mode

117th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 6294

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

December 14, 2021

Mr. Young introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

A BILL

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for demonstration grants and create a Federal Work Group to reduce and prevent the incidence of teen dating violence.

Short title

This Act may be cited as Bree’s Law.

Teen dating violence prevention

Section 1708 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300u–7) is amended by—

(1)

striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:

(c)

Certain demonstration projects

(1)

In general

In carrying out subsection (b)(3), the Secretary may make grants to carry out demonstration projects for the purpose of improving adolescent health, including—

(A)

projects to train health care providers in providing services to adolescents; and

(B)

projects to reduce the incidence of violence among adolescents, particularly violence related to teen dating, which shall include projects to develop and implement educational program to increase abuse awareness and prevention.

(2)

Authorization of appropriations

For the purpose of carrying out paragraph (1), there are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.

; and

(2)

by adding at the end the following:

(g)

Interagency work group

(1)

Establishment

The Secretary shall establish the Federal Interagency Work Group on Teen Dating Violence (referred to in this section as the Work Group).

(2)

In general

(A)

Composition

Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of Bree’s Law, the Secretary shall appoint representatives to the Work Group from the Administration for Children and Families, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Department of Education, the Department of Justice, and other Federal agencies as determined appropriate by the Secretary.

(B)

Consultation

The Work Group shall consult with—

(i)

experts at the State, Tribal, and local levels with relevant backgrounds in reducing and preventing the incidence of teen dating violence;

(ii)

victims of teen dating violence; and

(iii)

family members of teens who were killed by a dating partner.

(3)

Duties

The Work Group shall—

(A)

examine all Federal efforts directed towards reducing and preventing teen dating violence;

(B)

identify strategies, resources, and supports to improve State, Tribal, and local responses to the incidence of teen dating violence;

(C)

make recommendations to Congress for improving Federal programs and efforts and coordination across such programs and efforts to reduce and prevent teen dating violence; and

(D)

make recommendations for educating middle and high school students on teen dating violence.

(4)

Annual report to Secretary

The Work Group shall annually prepare and submit to the Secretary, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, and the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives, a report on the activities carried out by the Work Group under subsection (c), including recommendations to reduce and prevent teen dating violence.