HF 1896

as introduced - 80th Legislature (1997 - 1998) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to health; establishing a registry of fathers 
  1.3             of children born to unmarried minor mothers; 
  1.4             establishing an adolescent pregnancy prevention plan; 
  1.5             modifying provisions for family planning special 
  1.6             project grants; repealing ENABL program; appropriating 
  1.7             money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 
  1.8             145.925, subdivision 9; proposing coding for new law 
  1.9             in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 144; and 145; 
  1.10            repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 145.9256. 
  1.11  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.12     Section 1.  [144.337] [REGISTRY OF FATHERS OF CHILDREN BORN 
  1.13  TO UNMARRIED MINORS.] 
  1.14     Subdivision 1.  [DATA COLLECTION.] The commissioner of 
  1.15  health shall develop a statewide registry that contains the 
  1.16  name, social security number, last known address, and birthdate 
  1.17  or age, if birthdate is unknown, of the alleged father of every 
  1.18  child born to an unmarried minor.  This data shall be provided 
  1.19  by the unmarried minor mother at the time of hospitalization 
  1.20  related to the birth.  If the unmarried minor mother does not 
  1.21  know or will not report all of the required information, the 
  1.22  commissioner shall use all reasonable means to obtain the 
  1.23  information from other sources.  
  1.24     Subd. 2.  [USE OF DATA.] The commissioner of health shall 
  1.25  report to the legislature and the attorney general by February 
  1.26  15 of each year the age of all unmarried minors who gave birth 
  1.27  in the preceding calendar year and the age of the alleged 
  1.28  fathers of the children born to all unmarried minors in that 
  2.1   period.  The commissioner shall report all other information 
  2.2   obtained under this section to the public authority responsible 
  2.3   for child support services for purposes of seeking a court 
  2.4   adjudication of paternity or a recognition of parentage under 
  2.5   section 257.75 and an order for child support under chapter 257. 
  2.6      Subd. 3.  [PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN.] The commissioner of 
  2.7   health shall contract with the attorney general to conduct a 
  2.8   public education campaign designed to reduce adolescent 
  2.9   pregnancy by educating the public about the extent to which 
  2.10  children born to unmarried minor mothers are fathered by adult 
  2.11  men. 
  2.12     Sec. 2.  [145.91] [ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY PREVENTION.] 
  2.13     The commissioner of health shall establish a comprehensive 
  2.14  adolescent pregnancy prevention plan for the state.  The plan 
  2.15  shall include strategies to: 
  2.16     (1) prevent adolescent pregnancy; 
  2.17     (2) promote educational, employment, and community service 
  2.18  opportunities for adolescents; 
  2.19     (3) assist parents and other caregivers with parenting 
  2.20  skills; 
  2.21     (4) provide appropriate sexuality education and health care 
  2.22  for children and adolescents; 
  2.23     (5) increase male involvement in the prevention of 
  2.24  adolescent pregnancy; and 
  2.25     (6) better coordinate the delivery of adolescent pregnancy 
  2.26  prevention services throughout the state. 
  2.27     Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 145.925, 
  2.28  subdivision 9, is amended to read: 
  2.29     Subd. 9.  [RULES; REGIONAL FUNDING.] Notwithstanding any 
  2.30  rules to the contrary, including rules proposed in the State 
  2.31  Register on April 1, 1991, the commissioner, in allocating grant 
  2.32  funds for family planning special projects, shall not limit the 
  2.33  total amount of funds that can be allocated to an organization 
  2.34  that has submitted applications from more than one region, 
  2.35  except that no more than $75,000 may be allocated to any grantee 
  2.36  within a single region.  For two or more organizations who have 
  3.1   submitted a joint application, that limit is $75,000 for each 
  3.2   organization.  This subdivision does not affect any procedure 
  3.3   established in rule for allocating special project money to the 
  3.4   different regions.  The commissioner shall revise the rules for 
  3.5   family planning special project grants so that they conform to 
  3.6   the requirements of this subdivision.  In adopting these 
  3.7   revisions, the commissioner is not subject to the rulemaking 
  3.8   provisions of chapter 14, but is bound by section 14.38, 
  3.9   subdivision 7. 
  3.10     Sec. 4.  [APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  3.11     Subdivision 1.  $....... is appropriated from the general 
  3.12  fund to the commissioner of health to implement section 1, 
  3.13  subdivisions 1 and 2, to be available until June 30, 1999. 
  3.14     Subd. 2.  $....... is appropriated from the general fund to 
  3.15  the commissioner of health for family planning grants under 
  3.16  Minnesota Statutes, section 145.925, to be available until June 
  3.17  30, 1999. 
  3.18     Subd. 3.  $....... is appropriated from the general fund to 
  3.19  the commissioner of health for transfer to the attorney general 
  3.20  on terms and conditions as determined by the attorney general 
  3.21  for the public education campaign specified in section 1, 
  3.22  subdivision 3.  The appropriation is available until June 30, 
  3.23  1999. 
  3.24     Sec. 5.  [REPEALER.] 
  3.25     Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 145.9256, is repealed.