Parent's Right to Know Act of 2005

Parent's Right to Know Act of 2005 - Prohibits any funds appropriated for carrying out federal family planning programs from being made available to any family planning project if any service provider in the project knowingly provides contraceptive drugs or devices to a minor, unless: (1) such provider has given actual written notice to a custodial parent or legal guardian at least five business days prior to providing the drugs or prescription devices; (2) the minor has written consent of a parent or legal guardian; (3) the minor is emancipated; or (4) a court has directed that the minor may receive such drugs or prescription devices.

Requires providers to certify to the Secretary of Health and Human Services compliance with this Act.

[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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