BILL NUMBER: AB 2141	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Jones

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2006

   An act to add Section 14504.5 to the Welfare and Institutions
Code, relating to family planning.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2141, as introduced, Jones  Family planning: Parent-Child
Communication Assistance Program.
   Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is
administered by the State Department of Health Services and under
which qualified low-income persons receive health care benefits.
   Under existing law, specified family planning services,
administered by the Office of Family Planning within the department,
are provided to Medi-Cal recipients and certain other persons.
   This bill would establish the Parent-Child Communication
Assistance Program within the Office of Family Planning, with the
goal of decreasing teenage pregnancies through programs that equip
parents with the knowledge, understanding, and communication skills
necessary to talk to their children about making responsible
decisions regarding at-risk behavior. The bill would require that the
program focus on parents of minor children at risk of becoming
pregnant or impregnating someone, and would specify the funding
priorities under the program. It would provide for the program to be
implemented to the extent that an appropriation for that purpose is
made from state or federal funds.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 14504.5 is added to the Welfare and
Institutions Code, to read:
   14504.5.  (a) The Parent-Child Communication Assistance Program
shall be a continuing program within the Office of Family Planning,
with the goal of decreasing teenage pregnancies through programs that
equip parents with the knowledge, understanding, and communication
skills necessary to talk to their children about making responsible
decisions regarding at-risk behavior.
   (b) The program shall focus on parents of minor children at risk
of becoming pregnant or impregnating someone, in an effort to provide
the parents or guardians with effective tools for communicating with
their children regarding responsible behavior.
   (c) Priority for funding under the program shall be given to the
following:
   (1) Programs that target parents and guardians of at-risk youth.
   (2) Programs designed to increase youths' understanding of, and
ability to act responsibly regarding, their own sexuality and the
social pressures affecting them.
   (d) Grants shall be made available to qualified public or private
nonprofit providers.
   (e) This section shall be implemented to the extent that an
appropriation for that purpose is made from funds made available by
the federal government or the state, or by both.