3.0.0 2706 2023-01-11T13:25:44Z 2023-01-11T13:25:44Z Senate S S 2014-07-30 113 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2014-07-30T22:08:02Z Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2014 113 5285 HR 2014-07-30 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Identical bill CRS 2014-07-30 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2014-07-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. N B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR 2014-09-09 False S001141 Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL] Jeff Sessions R AL 2014-09-09 False I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2014-09-17 False Social Welfare Administrative remedies Adoption and foster care Child safety and welfare Civil actions and liability Poverty and welfare assistance Religion Social Welfare 00 2014-07-30 Introduced in Senate 2014-08-19T15:20:41Z Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2014 - Prohibits the federal government, and any state that receives federal funding for any program that provides child welfare services under part B (Child and Family Services) or part E (Federal Payments for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV (Grants to States for Aid and Services to Needy Families with Children and for Child-Welfare Services) of the Social Security Act (SSA), from discriminating or taking an adverse action against a child welfare service provider that declines to provide, facilitate, or refer for a child welfare service that conflicts with the provider's sincerely held religious beliefs or moral convictions.

Bars such prohibition from applying to SSA requirements that forbid state entities from denying or delaying adoption or foster care placements on the basis of an adoptive parent's or a child's race, color, or national origin.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to withhold 15% of the federal funds that a state receives for such programs if the state violates this Act.

Allows an aggrieved child welfare service provider to assert such an adverse action violation as a claim or defense in a judicial proceeding and to obtain all appropriate relief (including declaratory relief, injunctive relief, compensatory damages, and reasonable attorney fees and costs).

]]> Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2014 Display Title Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2014 Official Title as Introduced A bill to ensure that organizations with religious or moral convictions are allowed to continue to provide services for children. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2014 Introduced in Senate 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s2706is/xml/BILLS-113s2706is.xml 2014-07-30 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.