BILL NUMBER: AB 561 CHAPTERED 10/01/03 CHAPTER 643 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE OCTOBER 1, 2003 APPROVED BY GOVERNOR OCTOBER 1, 2003 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 10, 2003 PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 27, 2003 AMENDED IN SENATE JULY 15, 2003 AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 30, 2003 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 3, 2003 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 12, 2003 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 30, 2003 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 22, 2003 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 24, 2003 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Members Lieber and Chu FEBRUARY 18, 2003 An act to add Sections 14504, 14504.1, 14504.2, and 14504.3 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to family planning. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 561, Lieber. Family planning: teen pregnancy. Existing law establishes within the State Department of Health Services, the Office of Family Planning, and prescribes the functions, powers, and duties of the office relating to the provision of family planning services in the state. The office has implemented various programs, including the Male Involvement Program, the Community Challenge Grants Program, the TeenSMART Program, and the Information and Education Program. This bill would establish these programs on a continuing basis within the office, and prescribe specific goals for each program. The bill would provide that these provisions shall be implemented to the extent funding is made available through the federal government, or in the annual Budget Act or another statute, or any combination of any funding sources. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 14504 is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read: 14504. (a) The Male Involvement Program shall be a continuing program within the Office of Family Planning with the goal of reducing teenage pregnancy through promoting primary prevention skills and motivation in adolescent boys and young men. In order to accomplish this goal, the program shall assist local programs to do all of the following: (1) Increase community and individual awareness regarding the importance of the roles and responsibilites of adolescent boys and young men in the reduction of teenage pregnancies. (2) Reinforce community values that support these roles and responsibilities. (3) Increase knowledge, skills, and motivation of at-risk adolescent boys and young adult men in order to actively promote their role in reducing teenage pregnancies. (b) Grants shall be made available to qualifying public or private nonprofit providers for implementation of the Male Involvement Program. (c) This section shall be implemented to the extent funding is made available through the federal government, or in the annual Budget Act or another state statute, or any combination of any sources of funding. SEC. 2. Section 14504.1 is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read: 14504.1. (a) The Community Challenge Grants Program shall be a continuing program within the Office of Family Planning with the goal of reducing the number of teenage pregnancies and teenage single parents, and promoting responsible parenting and the involvement of the biological father in economic, social, and emotional support of his children. (b) The program may target the following specific population groups: (1) Presexually active adolescents. (2) Sexually active adolescents. (3) Pregnant and parenting teens. (4) Parents and families. (5) Adults at risk for unwed motherhood or absentee fatherhood. (c) School-based programs that include sexuality education shall comply with the requirements of Section 51553 of the Education Code relative to the content of sex education courses, Section 51201.5 of the Education Code, which governs HIV/AIDS prevention, and Section 220 of the Education Code, which prohibits discrimination in schools based on sexual orientation. (d) Grants shall be made available to qualifying community-based nonprofit organizations and priority shall be given to those organizations with community-based partnerships that have developed effective local prevention programs. (e) This section shall be implemented to the extent funding is made available through the federal government, or in the annual Budget Act or another state statute, or any combination of any sources of funding. SEC. 3. Section 14504.2 is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read: 14504.2. (a) The TeenSMART Program shall be a continuing program within the Office of Family Planning with the goal of reducing teenage pregnancies and reducing the incidence of sexually transmitted infections among sexually active teens through enhanced reproductive health care counseling, pregnancy prevention education, and sexually transmitted infection risk reduction efforts for adolescents accessing Family PACT TeenSMART clinics. (b) The services to be provided through TeenSMART shall include counseling services and outreach in local communities to assist teens who are at high risk of pregnancy to access clinical family planning services. Outreach activities may include, but are not limited to, establishing referral networks, providing information about clinic services to teens in either formal group presentations or small group education and counseling sessions, and one-on-one education and counseling sessions. (c) Grants shall be made available to qualified public or private nonprofit providers for implementation of the TeenSMART Program. (d) This section shall be implemented to the extent funding is made available through the federal government, or in the annual Budget Act or another state statute, or any combination of any sources of funding. SEC. 4. Section 14504.3 is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read: 14504.3. (a) The Information and Education Program shall be a continuing program within the Office of Family Planning with the goal of decreasing teenage pregnancies through educational programs that equip teens at high risk for pregnancy with the knowledge, understanding, and behavioral skills necessary to make responsible decisions regarding at-risk behavior. (b) (1) The program shall target youths in a variety of settings, including, but not limited to, schools, juvenile justice facilities, community-based settings, social services and youth agencies, and foster care programs. (2) The program shall also focus on parents of high-risk youths and other adults responsible for serving youths at risk in an effort to assist them with effective tools for counseling at-risk youth regarding responsible behavior. (c) Priority for funding under this program shall be given to the following: (1) Programs that will increase youths' knowledge and ability to deal responsibly with their own sexuality and the social pressures affecting them. (2) Programs that will enhance the ability of parents and other parenting adults to fulfill their roles as the primary sex educators of their children. (d) Grants shall be made available to qualified public or private nonprofit providers for implementation of the Information and Education Program. (e) This section shall be implemented to the extent funding is made available through the federal government, or in the annual Budget Act or another state statute, or any combination of any sources of funding.