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S. 2926 115th Congress Senate

Improving Recovery and Reunifying Families Act

Official title: A bill to amend part B of title IV of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a family recovery and reunificat… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend part B of title IV of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a family recovery and reunification program replication project to help reunify families and protect children with parents or guardians with a substance use disorder who have temporarily lost custody of their children.

Introduced: May 22, 2018 See on congress.gov
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May 22, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 22, 2018
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action May 22, 2018

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Improving Recovery and Reunifying Families Act

This bill provides resources for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to evaluate a family recovery and reunification program and determine whether the program should be replicated. HHS must use a model that is designed to help reunify families and protect children by working with parents or guardians with a substance use disorder who have temporarily lost custody of their children.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • S 3120 HEAL Act of 2018
  • HRES 1099 Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 6, with an amendment.
  • HR 6 SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Scott, Tim
South Carolina · May 22, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2926: Improving Recovery and Reunifying Families Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2926/
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"S. 2926: Improving Recovery and Reunifying Families Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2926/.
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S. 2926, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2926/.
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[S. 2926: Improving Recovery and Reunifying Families Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2926/)
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