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S. 667

Referred to Committee

Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2015

Introduced 3/4/2015•114th Congress•Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

3/4/2015 • Senate

Summary

Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2015

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 (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSAct), 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 SSAct 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 Department of Health and Human Services 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's fees and costs).

Introduced in Senate • 3/4/2015

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Topics & Subjects

Policy Area: Social Welfare
Administrative remediesAdoption and foster careChild safety and welfareCivil actions and liabilityPoverty and welfare assistanceReligion

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Sponsor & Cosponsors (13)

Party Breakdown

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Sponsor

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Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]

Republican • WY

Sponsored 3/4/2015

Cosponsors (12)

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Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]

R-OK

Joined 3/4/2015

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Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]

R-UT

Joined 3/4/2015

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Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]

R-FL

Joined 3/4/2015

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Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL]

R-AL

Joined 3/11/2015

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Sen. Coats, Daniel [R-IN]

R-IN

Joined 3/11/2015

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Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS]

R-MS

Joined 3/17/2015

Bill Journey

Originated in the Senate

Introduced

March 4, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Introduced in Senate3/4/2015

Details

Bill TypeS
Current StatusReferred to Committee
Cosponsors12