Real Education and Access for Healthy Youth Act of 2021
Latest action · May 18, 2021 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 18, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Real Education and Access for Healthy Youth Act of 2021
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish grants to support sex education and sexual health services for young people (ages 10 through 29) and repeals requirements that apply to certain federally funded sex education programs.
HHS must award grants, in coordination with the Department of Education, to (1) provide sex education to young people through elementary and secondary schools, institutions of higher education, and youth-serving organizations; and (2) train education professionals to effectively teach, and otherwise support, sex education. Sex education refers to high quality teaching and learning that
- follows, to the maximum extent practicable, specified educational standards;
- covers a variety of topics concerning sex and sexuality;
- explores values and beliefs about those topics; and
- helps young people gain skills to navigate relationships and manage sexual health.
Additionally, HHS must award grants for the provision of sexual health services to marginalized youth to youth-serving organizations and health care entities that are eligible to receive covered outpatient drugs at reduced prices through the 340B drug discount program.
Recipients of any of these grants must comply with certain nondiscrimination requirements. In addition, they may not use funds for sex education programs or sexual health services that provide incomplete or inaccurate medical information or fail to address specified issues.
The bill also eliminates prohibitions regarding the content of specified federally funded sexual health education and information programs and repeals the Abstinence Only Until Marriage program.
Cosponsors 14
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 18, 2021 to Sep 27, 2022; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | May 18, 2021 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | May 18, 2021 |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | May 18, 2021 |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Original | May 18, 2021 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | May 18, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | May 18, 2021 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | May 18, 2021 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | May 18, 2021 |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Original | May 18, 2021 |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Original | May 18, 2021 |
| D-CA | Alex Padilla | May 26, 2021 | |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | May 26, 2021 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Jul 27, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Sep 27, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred May 18, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 18, 2021Introduced in Senate
- May 18, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3312 | Real Education and Access for Healthy Youth Act of 2021 | Identical bill | May 19, 2021 |
| S 4486 | Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2022 | Related bill | Jun 23, 2022 |
| HR 7585 | Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2022 | Related bill | Jun 29, 2022 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide for the overall health and well-being of young people, including the promotion and attainment of lifelong sexual health and healthy relationships, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Real Education and Access for Healthy Youth Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Academic performance and assessments
- Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
- Child health
- Congressional oversight
- 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
- Health
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Higher education
- Indian social and development programs
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Mental health
- Minority education
- Minority health
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Sex and reproductive health
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
- Women's health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 18, 2021Introduced in Senate
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