Congress 114 - HR 1706 - Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2015

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Assault and harassment offenses Child health Crime victims Domestic violence and child abuse Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Educational technology and distance education Elementary and secondary education Family planning and birth control Family relationships Health Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Higher education HIV/AIDS Minority education Performance measurement Sex and reproductive health Sex offenses Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination Sexually transmitted diseases Teaching, teachers, curricula Teenage pregnancy Violent crime

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Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2015

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award competitive grants for: (1) comprehensive sex education for adolescents; (2) comprehensive sex education provided by institutions of higher education; and (3) training faculty and staff to teach comprehensive sex education to elementary and secondary school students.

Grants cannot be used for health education programs that:

deliberately withhold health-promoting or lifesaving information about sexuality-related topics, including HIV;
are medically inaccurate or have been scientifically shown to be ineffective;
promote gender stereotypes;
are insensitive and unresponsive to the needs of survivors of sexual abuse or assault, sexually active youth, or lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning youth; or
are inconsistent with the ethical imperatives of medicine and public health.

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to remove limitations on using AIDS prevention program funding for education or information that promotes sexual activity or intravenous substance abuse.

This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow funding to be used for contraceptive distribution in schools.

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Nov 16, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Nov 16, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Mar 27, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 26, 2015

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 26, 2015

Introduced in House

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