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H.R. 3583: Real Education and Access for Healthy Youth Act of 2023

Introduced

  1. Introduced (completed)May 22, 2023
  2. Passed House (not reached)
  3. Passed Senate (not reached)
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Summary

Introduced in House, May 22, 2023

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; 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.
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Additionally, HHS must award grants 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 for providing sexual health services to marginalized youth.

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.

Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

Roll calls

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Amendments

0 offered

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Cosponsors

50

Who scored on this bill

12 points earned
  1. 1Barbara Lee D-CA SponsorReached a cosponsor milestone, introduced3 events+12
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History

  1. May 22, 2023Introduced in the House by Barbara Lee.
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  1. May 26, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. May 22, 2023Introduced in House
  3. May 22, 2023Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.