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2017 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 106
BY SENATOR BISHOP
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
POSTSECONDARY ED. Requires public postsecondary institutions to develop and
implement an action plan to address the prevention of unplanned pregnancies. (gov sig)
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 17:3351(L), relative to postsecondary education; to provide relative to the
3 prevention of unplanned pregnancies among unmarried college students; to require
4 each public postsecondary institution to develop and implement an action plan to
5 address the prevention of unplanned pregnancies among unmarried college students;
6 to provide for components of the plan; to provide for reporting requirements; and to
7 provide for related matters.
8 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. R.S. 17:3351(L) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
10 ยง3351. General powers, duties, and functions of postsecondary education
11 management boards
12 * * *
13 (L) Each public postsecondary management board shall adopt a policy
14 requiring each institution under its supervision and management to develop and
15 implement an action plan to address the prevention of unplanned pregnancies
16 among unmarried students.
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1 (1) Such plan shall:
2 (a) Incorporate unplanned pregnancy prevention information into
3 student success courses and student orientation.
4 (b) As deemed appropriate, incorporate information into academic
5 courses that is recognized as medically accurate by the American Congress of
6 Obstetricians and Gynecologists regarding the prevention of unplanned
7 pregnancy including, without limitation, abstinence education.
8 (c) Identify opportunities to raise awareness of and provide resources for
9 the prevention of unplanned pregnancies across the entire student population.
10 (d) Identify opportunities for postsecondary students to serve as mentors
11 or role models of successful behaviors and healthy choices for high school
12 students.
13 (e) Identify public and private grants available to address the prevention
14 of unplanned pregnancy and to promote student success, including any
15 partnerships necessary to successfully compete for grants.
16 (f) Collaborate with community health care providers and federally
17 qualified health centers to promote access to care.
18 (g) Identify challenges faced by students who are single parents,
19 including child care, transportation, and financial aid, and identify possible
20 methods to assist such students to successfully complete college.
21 (h) Identify other topics or issues related to the prevention and reduction
22 of unplanned pregnancies among postsecondary students.
23 (2) Each public postsecondary institution shall submit the required
24 action plan to its management board not later than December 1, 2017, and shall
25 submit a status report on the plan to its management board not later than
26 December first of each year.
27 (3) Each public postsecondary management board shall submit a report
28 regarding implementation of the plans developed pursuant to this Section,
29 including any recommendations for legislative action, to the Senate Committee
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1 on Education, the House Committee on Education, the Senate Committee on
2 Health and Welfare, and the House Committee on Health and Welfare not later
3 than February first of each year.
4 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
5 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
6 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
7 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
8 effective on the day following such approval.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Cheryl Serrett.
DIGEST
SB 106 Original 2017 Regular Session Bishop
Proposed law requires each public postsecondary management board shall adopt a policy
requiring each institution under its supervision and management to develop and implement
an action plan to address the prevention of unplanned pregnancies among unmarried
students.
Proposed law provides that the plan shall:
(1) Incorporate unplanned pregnancy prevention information into student success
courses and student orientation.
(2)As deemed appropriate, incorporate information into academic courses that is
recognized as medically accurate by the American Congress of Obstetricans and
Gynecologists including, without limitation, information on abstinence.
(3) Identify opportunities to raise awareness of and provide resources for the prevention
of unplanned pregnancies to the entire student body.
(4) Identify opportunities for postsecondary students to serve as mentors or role models
of successful behaviors and healthy choices for high school students.
(5) Identify public and private grants to help address the prevention of unplanned
pregnancy and promote student success.
(6)Collaborate with community health care providers and federally qualified health
centers to promote access to care.
(7) Identify challenges faced by students who are single parents and possible methods
to assist such students to complete college.
(8) Identify other topics or issues related to the prevention and reduction of unplanned
pregnancies among postsecondary students.
Proposed law requires each public postsecondary institution to submit the required action
plan to the appropriate management board by December 1, 2017, and to provide a status
report by December first of each year.
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Proposed law requires each public postsecondary management board to submit a report,
including any recommendations for legislative action, to the Senate and House committees
on education and the Senate and House committees on health and welfare by February first
of each year.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Adds R.S. 17:3351(L))
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