3.0.0 1770 2019-02-20T23:15:54Z 2019-02-23T20:37:36Z Senate S S 2011-11-01 112 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-11-01T19:03:34Z Every Child Deserves a Family Act 112 1681 HR 2011-05-03 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Related bill CRS 2011-11-01 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2011-11-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. N K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2011-11-01 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2011-11-01 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2011-11-01 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2011-11-01 True L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2011-11-01 True S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2011-11-16 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2011-11-16 False A000069 Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL AKAKA D HI KOHIKINA 2011-11-16 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2012-02-09 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2012-02-29 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2012-03-07 False B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK 2012-03-13 False C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2012-06-12 False W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2012-11-13 False Families Adoption and foster care Congressional oversight Marriage and family status Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations State and local government operations Families 00 2011-11-01 Introduced in Senate 2011-12-15T16:20:13Z Every Child Deserves a Family Act - Prohibits an entity that receives federal assistance and is involved in adoption or foster care placements from discriminating against prospective adoptive or foster parents solely on the basis of their sexual orientation, gender identification, or marital status or on the basis of the sexual orientation or gender identity of the child involved.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in order to ensure compliance with, and ensure understanding of the legal, practice, and culture changes required by this Act in making foster care and adoption placement decisions, to provide specified technical assistance to all entities covered by this Act.

Requires a Government Accountability Office (GAO) study of whether states have substantially complied with this Act in eliminating policies, practices, or statutes that deny adoption rights on the basis of these criteria.

]]> Every Child Deserves a Family Act Short Titles as Introduced Every Child Deserves a Family Act Display Title Every Child Deserves a Family Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to prohibit discrimination in adoption or foster case placements based on the sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status of any prospective adoptive or foster parent, or the sexual orientation or gender identity of the child involved. Introduced in Senate 2011-11-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1770is/xml/BILLS-112s1770is.xml 2011-11-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.