A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide health care services for pregnant adolescents before and after childbirth.
Life Support Centers Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize and direct the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, to make grants to the health agencies of States, or political subdivisions thereof, or to any qualified nonprofit agency for programs of: (1) prenatal health care to adolescents; (2) health care to infants of adolescent mothers; (3) family planning services; (4) social services for adolescent mothers; and (5) funds to purchase adoption services for adolescent mothers.
Stipulates that the Federal share of assistance to programs under this section shall not exceed 75 percent of the cost of a program.
Sets forth procedures by which application may be made for grants.
Authorizes the appropriation of $30,000,000 to carry out the purposes of this Act for fiscal year 1978 and for each of the two succeeding fiscal years.
Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
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