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HR 709 104th Congress House Social Welfare Adoption Chronically ill Critically ill Economics and Public Finance Families Federal aid to child welfare Foster home care Government Operations and Politics Guardian and ward Health Parent and child State laws

Standby Guardianship Act

Introduced: January 26, 1995 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Jan 31, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Jan 26, 1995
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jan 26, 1995
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Standby Guardianship Act - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require States to have laws that permit a parent who is chronically ill or near death to designate a standby guardian for a minor child without surrendering parental rights.

What's happening now January 31, 1995

Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 5
D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Jul 10, 1995
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · May 23, 1995
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Mar 28, 1995
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Feb 7, 1995
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Jan 26, 1995
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