Bill Sponsor
Senate Bill 1450
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Supporting Adoptive Families Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on May 14, 2019
Overview
Text
Introduced
May 14, 2019
Latest Action
May 14, 2019
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
1450
Congress
116
Policy Area
Families
Families
Primary focus of measure is child and family welfare, services, and relationships; marriage and family status; domestic violence and child abuse. Measures concerning public assistance programs or aging may fall under Social Welfare policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Minnesota
Republican
Missouri
Senate Votes (0)
House Votes (0)
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Supporting Adoptive Families Act

This bill requires the Center for Mental Health Services to award grants to states, tribal organizations, and nonprofit organizations to provide mental health services for adopted children. The bill also specifics that pre- and post-adoptive services include education, training, counseling, mentoring, and other direct services.

The Department of Health and Human Services also must issue rules providing for the collection and analysis of data about adoption disruption and dissolution.

Text (1)
Actions (2)
05/14/2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
05/14/2019
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Feb 8, 2022 11:40:05 PM