3.0.0 897 2022-11-01T15:17:47Z 2022-11-01T15:17:47Z House HR 2019-01-30 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 19 (Wednesday, January 30, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania:H.R. 897.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution[Page H1338]]]> hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm03 Work and Welfare Subcommittee Referred to 2019-01-30T18:04:26Z Referred to 2019-01-30T14:06:45Z Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2019 116 274 S 2019-01-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2019-01-30 hswm03 Work and Welfare Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support. Committee 2019-01-30 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. 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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.

]]> Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2019 Display Title Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2019 Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced To ensure that organizations with religious or moral convictions are allowed to continue to provide services for children. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr897ih/xml/BILLS-116hr897ih.xml 2019-01-30 Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support. 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.