S 274 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2019

Introduced Jan 30, 2019 Originated Senate Sponsor Michael B. Enzi R-WY

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jan 30, 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.

  1. IntroducedJan 30, 2019
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2019

This bill prohibits discrimination or adverse action against a child welfare provider that declines to provide services due to the provider's sincerely held religious beliefs or moral convictions. The prohibition applies to the federal government and any state, tribal, or local government that receives federal funding for child and family services or foster care and adoption assistance. However, government entities may still take adverse action against a provider that denies adoption or foster care placement based on the prospective parent or child's race, color, or national origin.

If a state, tribal, or local entity engages in such prohibited actions, the Department of Health and Human Services shall withhold 15% of the federal funds the entity would have received to provide child and family services or foster care and adoption. The bill also provides a private right of action for child welfare providers to sue the government entity for such discrimination, and a prevailing provider shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorney's fees and costs.

A government entity that accepts federal funding for child and family services or foster care and adoption assistance shall have waived sovereign entity as a defense to such discrimination allegations.

Cosponsors 19

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 30, 2019 to Sep 9, 2020, with 16 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-NEBen SasseOriginalJan 30, 2019
R-LABill CassidyOriginalJan 30, 2019
R-IDJames E. RischOriginalJan 30, 2019
R-OKJames LankfordOriginalJan 30, 2019
R-OKJames M. InhofeOriginalJan 30, 2019
R-TXJohn CornynOriginalJan 30, 2019
R-LAJohn KennedyOriginalJan 30, 2019
R-IAJoni ErnstOriginalJan 30, 2019
R-MOJosh HawleyOriginalJan 30, 2019
R-TNMarsha BlackburnOriginalJan 30, 2019
R-UTMike LeeOriginalJan 30, 2019
R-MORoy BluntOriginalJan 30, 2019
R-MTSteve DainesOriginalJan 30, 2019
R-TXTed CruzOriginalJan 30, 2019
R-SCTim ScottOriginalJan 30, 2019
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Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 30, 2019Introduced in Senate
  2. Jan 30, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 897Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2019Related billJan 30, 2019

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.

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  1. Jan 30, 2019Introduced in Senate

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