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Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2023

USA118th CongressS-3344| Senate 
| Updated: 11/27/2023
Tim Scott

Tim Scott

Republican Senator

South Carolina

Cosponsors (17)
Joni Ernst (Republican)Mike Braun (Republican)Roger Marshall (Republican)Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican)James E. Risch (Republican)Marsha Blackburn (Republican)Tom Cotton (Republican)Roger F. Wicker (Republican)Kevin Cramer (Republican)James Lankford (Republican)Bill Hagerty (Republican)John Barrasso (Republican)Josh Hawley (Republican)John Cornyn (Republican)Marco Rubio (Republican)Pete Ricketts (Republican)John Hoeven (Republican)

Finance Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2023 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.)
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Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-656
Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2021

Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-274
Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2019
Nov 27, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Nov 27, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Dec 17, 2024

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 118-6485
Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-656
    Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2021


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-274
    Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2019


  • November 27, 2023
    Introduced in Senate


  • November 27, 2023
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.


  • December 17, 2024

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 118-6485
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.

Families

Related Bills

  • HR 118-6485: Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2023

Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2023

USA118th CongressS-3344| Senate 
| Updated: 11/27/2023
Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2023 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.)
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-656
Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2021

Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-274
Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2019
Nov 27, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Nov 27, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Dec 17, 2024

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 118-6485
Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-656
    Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2021


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-274
    Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2019


  • November 27, 2023
    Introduced in Senate


  • November 27, 2023
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.


  • December 17, 2024

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 118-6485
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
Tim Scott

Tim Scott

Republican Senator

South Carolina

Cosponsors (17)
Joni Ernst (Republican)Mike Braun (Republican)Roger Marshall (Republican)Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican)James E. Risch (Republican)Marsha Blackburn (Republican)Tom Cotton (Republican)Roger F. Wicker (Republican)Kevin Cramer (Republican)James Lankford (Republican)Bill Hagerty (Republican)John Barrasso (Republican)Josh Hawley (Republican)John Cornyn (Republican)Marco Rubio (Republican)Pete Ricketts (Republican)John Hoeven (Republican)

Finance Committee

Families

Related Bills

  • HR 118-6485: Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2023
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted