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2021-03-10T17:36:41Z

- Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2021
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Social Welfare
- Administrative remedies
- Adoption and foster care
- Child safety and welfare
- Civil actions and liability
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Religion
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2021-03-10
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2021-06-02T18:42:00Z
Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2021
This bill generally prohibits the federal government, states, tribal nations, or localities from discriminating or taking adverse action against a child welfare provider that declines to provide services due to the provider's sincerely held religious beliefs or moral convictions. However, government entities may still take adverse action against a provider that declines to provide adoption or foster care services based on race, color, or national origin.
The Department of Health and Human Services must withhold a portion of federal funding for family services and child welfare activities from a government entity that discriminates against a child welfare provider in violation of this bill. Child welfare providers may also sue the government entity for such discrimination. A prevailing provider may recover reasonable attorney's fees and costs.
Furthermore, government entities that accept certain federal funding for family services and child welfare activities must waive sovereign immunity as a defense to lawsuits brought under this bill. (In many cases, sovereign immunity shields states, territories, tribal nations, and some localities against private suits.)

Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2021
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Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2021
- 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
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- Short Title(s) as Introduced

Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2021
Introduced in Senate
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- Introduced in Senate
2021-03-10T05:00:00Z
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2021-03-10
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