US SB274 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 20-0)
Status: Introduced on January 30 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-30 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 30 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-30 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
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.
Title
Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2019
Sponsors
Sen. Michael Enzi [R-WY] | Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO] | Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX] | Sen. Tom Cotton [R-AR] |
Sen. Steve Daines [R-MT] | Sen. Joni Ernst [R-IA] | Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK] | Sen. James Lankford [R-OK] |
Sen. Mike Lee [R-UT] | Sen. James Risch [R-ID] | Sen. Ben Sasse [R-NE] | Sen. Tim Scott [R-SC] |
Sen. Bill Cassidy [R-LA] | Sen. John Kennedy [R-LA] | Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN] | Sen. Josh Hawley [R-MO] |
Sen. Ted Cruz [R-TX] | Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS] | Sen. Mike Braun [R-IN] | Sen. Kelly Loeffler [R-GA] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2019-01-30 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
Same As/Similar To
HB897 (Related) 2019-01-30 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
Subjects
Administrative remedies
Adoption and foster care
Child safety and welfare
Civil actions and liability
Poverty and welfare assistance
Religion
Social welfare
Adoption and foster care
Child safety and welfare
Civil actions and liability
Poverty and welfare assistance
Religion
Social welfare
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/274/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s274/BILLS-116s274is.pdf |