Federal - S 274
Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act - S274
Introduced
January 30, 2019
Description
This bill would allow child placing agencies with sincerely held religious beliefs to live out their faith and consider religious beliefs when placing children in homes.
Our Position
Support
Original Sponsor 1
Co-Sponsors 18
- Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO)
- Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN)
- Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
- Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
- Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR)
- Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)
- Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT)
- Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA)
- Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO)
- Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK)
- Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA)
- Sen. James Lankford (R-OK)
- Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT)
- Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID)
- Sen. Benjamin Sasse (R-NE)
- Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC)
- Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Latest Actions See More/Less
Feb. 11, 2019 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1
Braun, (R-Ind.) Jan. 31, 2019 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1
Wicker, (R-Miss.) Jan. 30, 2019 — Original cosponsor(s): 16
Blackburn, (R-Tenn.) Daines, (R-Mont.) Lee, M. (R-Utah) Blunt, (R-Mo.) Ernst, (R-Iowa) Risch, (R-Idaho) Cassidy, (R-La.) Hawley, (R-Mo.) Sasse, (R-Neb.) Cornyn, (R-Texas) Inhofe, (R-Okla.) Scott, T. (R-S.C.) Cotton, (R-Ark.) Kennedy, John (R-La.) Cruz, (R-Texas) Lankford, (R-Okla.) Jan. 30, 2019 — Read twice and referred to: Senate Finance.Congressional Record p. S769
Commentary
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An Obama administration rule change impacting Child Placement Agencies (CPAs) and others redefined "non-discrimination" (which historically applied only to race, color, and national origin) to include religion and sexual orientation. This has resulted in faith-based Child Placing Agencies (CPAs) being faced with the dilemma of no longer considering religious beliefs when placing children in homes at the risk of losing funding and possibly their CPA license. The Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act would allow CPAs with sincerely held religious beliefs to live out their faith and consider religious beliefs when placing children in homes.