3.0.0 274 2022-11-01T15:17:48Z 2022-11-01T15:17:48Z Senate S 2019-01-30 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-01-30T17:35:46Z Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2019 116 897 HR 2019-01-30 Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support. Related bill CRS 2019-01-30 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2019-01-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. N B000575 Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] Roy Blunt R MO 2019-01-30 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2019-01-30 True C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR 2019-01-30 True D000618 Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] Steve Daines R MT 2019-01-30 True E000295 Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] Joni Ernst R IA 2019-01-30 True I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2019-01-30 True L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK 2019-01-30 True L000577 Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Mike Lee R UT 2019-01-30 True R000584 Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] James Risch R ID E. 2019-01-30 True S001197 Sen. Sasse, Ben [R-NE] Ben Sasse R NE 2019-01-30 True S001184 Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] Tim Scott R SC 2019-01-30 True C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA 2019-01-30 True K000393 Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] John Kennedy R LA Neely 2019-01-30 True B001243 Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] Marsha Blackburn R TN 2019-01-30 True H001089 Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO] Josh Hawley R MO 2019-01-30 True C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX 2019-01-30 True W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2019-01-31 False B001310 Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] Mike Braun R IN 2019-02-11 False L000594 Sen. Loeffler, Kelly [R-GA] Kelly Loeffler R GA 2020-09-09 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 2019-01-30 Introduced in Senate 2019-10-29T17:57:04Z 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.

]]> 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 Senate IS 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 Introduced in Senate 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s274is/xml/BILLS-116s274is.xml 2019-01-30 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.