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H.R. 6067 (109th)

Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act

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Introduced

13 September 2006

Last action

2 November 2006 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.

Sponsors

TIM RYAN, JAMES LANGEVIN, Marcy Kaptur, Rosa DeLauro, Rep. Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large], Rep. Emanuel, Rahm [D-IL-5], John Larson, James Clyburn, Rep. Strickland, Ted [D-OH-6], Rep. Ford, Harold E., Jr. [D-TN-9], Rep. Obey, David R. [D-WI-7], Anna Eshoo, Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25], Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Rep. Spratt, John M., Jr. [D-SC-5], Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-7], DAVID PRICE, Rep. Carson, Julia [D-IN-7], Betty McCollum, Bill Pascrell, MIKE DOYLE, Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1], Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10], Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7], Earl Blumenauer

Subjects

Healthcare, Housing, Taxation, Education

Source updated

23 March 2026

Healthcare · Housing · Taxation · Education

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Summary

Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to provide education on preventing teen pregnancies. Provides for: (1) grants to prevent teen pregnancy; and (2) a national center for parents of adolescents to support parents in preventing teen pregnancy. Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of Social Security Act to expand coverage of family planning services. Sets forth requirements for primary care clinics that receive federal financial assistance and provide abortion services. Expands state options to provide health care coverage to low-income pregnant women. Title X Family Planning Services Act of 2006 - Authorizes appropriations for voluntary family planning projects. Amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit individual health insurance coverage from excluding pregnancy as a preexisting condition. Provides for: (1) grants for ultrasound equipment and prenatal testing for pregnant women; and (2) programs to better identify and treat pregnant women and mothers who are victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. Allows the Secretary to make grants to public institutions of higher education to assist students who have decided to carry their pregnancies to term and parenting students in continuing their studies and graduating. Requires the Secretary to require that federally funded group homes for pregnant and parenting women provide, upon request, adoption counseling and counseling on parenting skills. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the tax credit for adoption expenses; (2) make such tax credit refundable; and (3) increase the exclusion from gross income for employer-paid adoption expenses. Provides for: (1) education of teen and first-time mothers through home visits by registered nurses; and (2) the collection and reporting of abortion surveillance data.

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Timeline

  1. 13 September 2006

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Ways and Means, 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.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 13 September 2006

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Ways and Means, 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.

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 13 September 2006

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 13 September 2006

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  5. 2 October 2006

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

  6. 2 November 2006

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.

    Source: Committee

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