H-1402

   Amend House File 653 as follows:
   1.  Page 144, after line 22 by inserting: 
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GRANT PROGRAMS —— RESTRICTIONS RELATED TO ABORTIONS

   Sec. ___.  ADMINISTRATION OF PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY EDUCATION PROGRAM AND ABSTINENCE EDUCATION GRANT PROGRAM FUNDS.  Any contract entered into on or after July 1, 2017, by the department of public health to administer the personal responsibility education program as specified in 42 U.S.C. §713 or to administer the abstinence education grant program authorized pursuant to section 510 of Tit. V of the federal Social Security Act, shall exclude as an eligible applicant any applicant entity that provides abortions, maintains or operates a facility where abortions are performed, or regularly makes referrals to an entity that provides abortions or maintains or operates a facility where abortions are performed. For the purposes of this section, such referrals include but are not limited to referrals made by reference to an internet site or by linking to an internet site maintained by an entity that provides abortions or maintains or operates a facility where abortions are performed.
   Sec. ___.  AWARD OF COMMUNITY ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY PREVENTION AND SERVICES PROGRAM GRANT FUNDS.  Any contract entered into on or after July 1, 2017, by the department of human services to award a community adolescent pregnancy prevention and services program grant using federal temporary assistance for needy families block grant funds appropriated to the department shall exclude as an eligible applicant any applicant entity that provides abortions, maintains or operates a facility where abortions are performed, or regularly makes referrals to an entity that provides abortions or maintains or operates a facility where abortions are performed. For the purposes of this section, such referrals include but are not limited to referrals made by reference to an internet site or by linking to an internet site maintained by an entity that provides abortions or maintains or operates a facility where abortions are performed.
   Sec. ___.  RIGHT OF INTERVENTION.  The sponsor or cosponsors of this division of this Act, as an agent or agents of the state, shall have standing to intervene on behalf of the general assembly as a party in any judicial or administrative proceeding challenging the provisions of this division of this Act.
   Sec. ___.  SEVERABILITY.  If any provision of this division of this Act or the application of this division of this Act to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this division of this Act which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or application and, to this end, the provisions of this division of this Act are severable.>
   2.  By renumbering as necessary.

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SALMON of Black Hawk