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Introduced
05/14/2019
05/14/2019
In Committee
05/15/2019
05/15/2019
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2020
12/31/2020
Introduced Session
116th Congress
Bill Summary
To provide for the overall health and well-being of young people, including the promotion of lifelong sexual health and healthy relationships, and for other purposes. This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in coordination with certain HHS components, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Department of Education, to award grants for comprehensive sex education for adolescents. It also awards grants for comprehensive sex education provided by institutions of higher education and for training faculty and staff to teach comprehensive sex education to adolescents. Comprehensive sex education programs may include, among other things, instruction that addresses the physical, mental, emotional, and social dimensions of human sexuality and approaches designed to motivate and assist students to maintain and improve their sexual health, prevent disease and reduce sexual health-related risk behaviors. Grant funds generally may not be used for specified purposes, including to (1) withhold specified health information related to HIV, (2) provide medically inaccurate information, or (3) promote gender or racial stereotypes. The bill also revises requirements and eliminates prohibitions regarding the content of educational programs funded through the HIV/AIDS prevention program, repeals the prohibition on using funds for materials or programs that promote or encourage sexual activity and contraceptive distribution in school, and repeals the Abstinence Only Until Marriage program.
AI Summary
This bill, the Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2019, aims to provide young people with comprehensive sex education programs. Key provisions of the bill include:
- Authorizing the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants for comprehensive sex education programs for adolescents and programs at institutions of higher education. These programs must cover a range of topics related to healthy relationships, sexual health, and sexuality.
- Authorizing HHS to award grants for professional development and training of teachers to effectively teach comprehensive sex education.
- Requiring a multi-year evaluation on the impact of the grant programs and annual reporting to Congress.
- Prohibiting federal funds from being used for health education programs that withhold information, are medically inaccurate, promote stereotypes, or are insensitive to the needs of certain groups.
The bill also repeals the existing Abstinence Only Until Marriage program and redirects those funds to the new grant programs authorized under this legislation.
Committee Categories
Business and Industry, Health and Social Services
Sponsors (85)
Barbara Lee (D)*,
Alma Adams (D),
Pete Aguilar (D),
Nanette Barragán (D),
Karen Bass (D),
Joyce Beatty (D),
Ami Bera (D),
Earl Blumenauer (D),
Suzanne Bonamici (D),
Julia Brownley (D),
Judy Chu (D),
Katherine Clark (D),
Yvette Clarke (D),
Lacy Clay (D),
Steve Cohen (D),
TJ Cox (D),
Susan Davis (D),
Peter DeFazio (D),
Diana DeGette (D),
Rosa DeLauro (D),
Suzan DelBene (D),
Debbie Dingell (D),
Lloyd Doggett (D),
Michael Doyle (D),
Eliot Engel (D),
Veronica Escobar (D),
Dwight Evans (D),
Lizzie Fletcher (D),
Bill Foster (D),
Ruben Gallego (D),
Chuy García (D),
Jimmy Gomez (D),
Raúl Grijalva (D),
Debra Haaland (D),
Alcee Hastings (D),
Jahana Hayes (D),
Katie Hill (D),
Steven Horsford (D),
Jared Huffman (D),
Pramila Jayapal (D),
Hank Johnson (D),
Joseph Kennedy (D),
Ro Khanna (D),
Ann Kuster (D),
Rick Larsen (D),
Al Lawson (D),
Susie Lee (D),
Mike Levin (D),
Ted Lieu (D),
Zoe Lofgren (D),
Alan Lowenthal (D),
Ben Ray Luján (D),
Carolyn Maloney (D),
Jim McGovern (D),
Jerry McNerney (D),
Gwen Moore (D),
Jerry Nadler (D),
Grace Napolitano (D),
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),
Ilhan Omar (D),
Chris Pappas (D),
Ed Perlmutter (D),
Mark Pocan (D),
Ayanna Pressley (D),
David Price (D),
Jamie Raskin (D),
Kathleen Rice (D),
Lucille Roybal-Allard (D),
Tim Ryan (D),
Jan Schakowsky (D),
Adam Schiff (D),
José Serrano (D),
Adam Smith (D),
Jackie Speier (D),
Eric Swalwell (D),
Mark Takano (D),
Mike Thompson (D),
Dina Titus (D),
Paul Tonko (D),
Norma Torres (D),
Nydia Velázquez (D),
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D),
Maxine Waters (D),
Peter Welch (D),
John Yarmuth (D),
Last Action
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (on 05/15/2019)
Official Document
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2720/all-info |
| BillText | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr2720/BILLS-116hr2720ih.pdf |
| Bill | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr2720/BILLS-116hr2720ih.pdf.pdf |
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