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2003 SESSION
HB 1844 Secretary of Health and Human Resources; adoption awareness campaign.
Introduced by: Gary A. Reese | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED:
Secretary of Health and Human Resources; adoption awareness campaign. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to conduct an adoption awareness campaign to expand the public's awareness of the benefits of adoption and to promote adoption as a positive alternative to abortion. The campaign shall include the dissemination to the public of information about the number of children in the Commonwealth who need permanent families and the experiences of adoptive families. The provisions of the bill are contingent upon an appropriation being included in the 2003 Appropriation Act to effectuate the purposes of the bill.
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:
Secretary of Health and Human Resources; adoption awareness campaign. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to conduct an adoption awareness campaign to expand the public's awareness of the benefits of adoption and to promote adoption as a positive alternative to abortion. The campaign shall include the dissemination to the public of information about the number of children in the Commonwealth who need permanent families and the experiences of adoptive families.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Secretary of Health and Human Resources; adoption awareness campaign. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to conduct an adoption awareness campaign to expand the public's awareness of the benefits of adoption and to promote adoption as a positive choice in the case of unwanted pregnancies as a preference over an abortion. The campaign shall include the dissemination to the public information about the number of children in the Commonwealth who need permanent families and the experiences of adoptive families.