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HR 1505 111th Congress House

Birth Parent Assistance Act of 2009

Official title: To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide services for birth parents who have placed a child for adoption, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 21, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Mar 12, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 12, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Birth Parent Assistance Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide certain services for birth parents who have placed a child for adoption, either directly or by grant to or contract with state or local governmental entities or public or private agencies or organizations, including licensed child welfare or adoption agencies or adoptive family groups and faith-based organizations.

Specifies such services for birth parents as: (1) post-legal adoption services; (2) individual, group, and family counseling; and (3) training of mental health professionals, social workers, and staff at hospitals and other appropriate birth care facilities relating to their interaction with birth parents and adoptive families.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Democratic 3 Republican 5
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Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Sep 24, 2009
Wilson, Charles
· Jun 17, 2009
Driehaus, Steve
· Jun 9, 2009
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Jun 8, 2009
Cao, Anh
· Jun 4, 2009
 R
Guthrie, Brett
Kentucky · Jun 4, 2009
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jun 4, 2009
 R
Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Jun 4, 2009
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 21, 2009
Fallin, Mary
· May 19, 2009
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Apr 23, 2009
Massa, Eric
· Apr 22, 2009
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Mar 30, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1505: Birth Parent Assistance Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1505/
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"H.R. 1505: Birth Parent Assistance Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1505/.
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H.R. 1505, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1505/.
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