Supporting Adoptive Families Act
Latest action · May 14, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 14, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Supporting Adoptive Families Act
This bill requires the Center for Mental Health Services to award grants to states, tribal organizations, and nonprofit organizations to provide mental health services for adopted children. The bill also specifics that pre- and post-adoptive services include education, training, counseling, mentoring, and other direct services.
The Department of Health and Human Services also must issue rules providing for the collection and analysis of data about adoption disruption and dissolution.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 14, 2019.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MO | Roy Blunt | Original | May 14, 2019 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred May 14, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 14, 2019Introduced in Senate
- May 14, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3666 | Supporting Adoptive Families Act | Reintroduction of | Nov 28, 2018 |
| HR 3909 | Supporting Adopted Children and Families Act of 2019 | Related bill | Jul 23, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to enhance pre- and post-adoptive support services.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Supporting Adoptive Families Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Families.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Adoption and foster care
- Advisory bodies
- Child health
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Families
- Government information and archives
- Health programs administration and funding
- Mental health
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 14, 2019Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
