To require States to conduct DNA tests to ascertain the degree of genetic relatedness between two or more persons in accordance with a national standard.

3.0.0 2623 2019-11-15T21:48:40Z 2019-11-15T21:48:40Z House H HR 2005-05-25 109 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm03 Work and Welfare Subcommittee Referred to 2005-06-01T18:35:34Z Referred to 2005-05-25T14:02:35Z 2005-06-01 hswm03 Work and Welfare Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. Committee 2005-05-25 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2005-05-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-05-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress A000210 Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] ROBERT ANDREWS D NJ E. 1 N Social Welfare Administrative procedure Adoption DNA Department of Health and Human Services Economics and Public Finance Employee training Families Foster home care Government Operations and Politics Grants-in-aid Intergovernmental fiscal relations Labor and Employment Law Licenses Paternity State laws Social Welfare

00 2005-05-25 Introduced in House 2005-08-10T20:45:03Z Amends the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to reduce by 10 percent the amount otherwise payable for a fiscal year to a state operating a program under an approved state plan for federal payments for foster care and adoption assistance upon finding that a state: (1) does not have in effect laws and procedures to ensure that every DNA test conducted pursuant to a court order to ascertain the degree of genetic relatedness between persons is conducted in accordance with regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary (including accreditation and certification requirements); or (2) does have such laws and procedures in effect but has not complied in conducting such a test.

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To require States to conduct DNA tests to ascertain the degree of genetic relatedness between two or more persons in accordance with a national standard. Display Title To require States to conduct DNA tests to ascertain the degree of genetic relatedness between two or more persons in accordance with a national standard. Official Title as Introduced To require States to conduct DNA tests to ascertain the degree of genetic relatedness between two or more persons in accordance with a national standard. Introduced in House 2005-05-25T04:00:00Z 2005-06-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.