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(1) Any time the United States Department of Health and Human Services accepts grant applications, the department shall apply for a grant under Title X of the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 300 et seq.
(2)
(a) As part of the application described in Subsection (1), the department shall request that the United States Department of Health and Human Services waive the requirement of the department to comply with requirements found in 42 C.F.R. Sec. 59.5(a)(4) pertaining to providing certain services to a minor without parental consent.
(b) If the department's application described in Subsection (1) is denied, and at such time the United States Department of Health and Human Services creates a waiver application process, the department shall apply for a waiver from compliance with the requirements found in 42 C.F.R. Sec. 59.5(a)(4) pertaining to providing certain services to a minor without parental consent in order to be eligible for a grant under Title X of the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 300 et seq.
(3) If the department receives a grant under Subsection (1), the department shall prioritize disbursement of grant funds in the prioritization order described in Subsection (4).
(4)
(a)
(i) When disbursing grant funds, the department shall give first priority to nonpublic entities that provide family planning services as well as other comprehensive services to enable women to give birth and parent or place for adoption.
(ii) The department shall give preference to entities described in Subsection (4)(a)(i) that:
(A) expand availability of prenatal and postnatal care in low-income and under-served areas of the state;
(B) provide support for a woman to carry a baby to term;
(C) emphasize the health and viability of the fetus; and
(D) provide education and maternity support.
(iii) If the department receives applications from qualifying nonpublic entities as described in Subsection (4)(a), the department shall disburse all of the grant funds to qualifying nonpublic entities described in Subsection (4)(a).
(b) If grant funds are not exhausted under Subsection (4)(a), or if no entity qualifies for grant funding under the criteria described in Subsection (4)(a), the department shall give second priority for grant funds to nonpublic entities that provide:
(i) family planning services; and
(ii) required primary health services as described in 42 U.S.C. Sec. 254b(b)(1)(A).
(c) If grant funds are not exhausted under Subsections (4)(a) and (b), or if no entity qualifies for grant funding under the criteria described in Subsection (4)(a) or (b), the department shall give third priority for grant funds to public entities that provide family planning services, including state, county, or local community health clinics, and community action organizations.
(d) If grant funds are not exhausted under Subsections (4)(a), (b), and (c), or if no entity qualifies for grant funding under the criteria described in Subsection (4)(a), (b), or (c), the department shall give fourth priority for grant funds to nonpublic entities that provide family planning services but do not provide required primary health services as described in 42 U.S.C. Sec. 254b(b)(1)(A).
Technically renumbered to avoid duplication of section number also enacted in HB106, Chapter 172.