S.656: Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2021

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Introduced March 10, 2021
Latest Major Action March 10, 2021
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Tim Scott (R-S.C.)

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25 (All Republicans)

Thom Tillis (R-N.C.)
Tom Cotton (R-Ark.)
Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.)
Joshua Hawley (R-Mo.)
Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.)
Jim Risch (R-Idaho)
Mike Braun (R-Ind.)
Ben Sasse (R-Neb.)
Roy Blunt (R-Mo.)
James Lankford (R-Okla.)
Mike Lee (R-Utah)
Ted Cruz (R-Texas)
Joni Ernst (R-Iowa)
Steve Daines (R-Mont.)
Roger Wicker (R-Miss.)
Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.)
John Cornyn (R-Texas)
James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.)
Rick Scott (R-Fla.)
Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.)
Bill Cassidy (R-La.)
John Kennedy (R-La.)
Roger Marshall (R-Kan.)
John Hoeven (R-N.D.)
John Boozman (R-Ark.)

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Introduced in Senate - March 10, 2021

Bill Summary

Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2021 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...

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Date	Description
March 10, 2021	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
March 10, 2021	Introduced in the Senate by Tim Scott (R-S.C.)

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Introduced in the Senate by Tim Scott (R-S.C.)