Summary
Restores funding for abstinence education via the extension of the $50 million appropriation for each of FYs 2010-2014.
Implementation Status
Self-effectuating. No further implementation guidance required.
Note that section 205 of P.L. 113-93, the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (i.e., the “doc fix”), which was signed into law on April 1, extends funding for abstinence education through FY 2015.
Statutory Text
SEC. 2954. RESTORATION OF FUNDING FOR ABSTINENCE EDUCATION. Section 510 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 710) is amended—(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘fiscal year 1998 and each subsequent fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each of fiscal years 2010 through 2014’’; and (2) in subsection (d)— (A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘1998 through 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘2010 through 2014’’; and (B) in the second sentence, by inserting ‘‘(except that such appropriation shall be made on the date of enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in the case of fiscal year 2010)’’ before the period.